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    NASA’s Webb Finds Possible ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole

    Editor’s Note: This post highlights a combination of peer-reviewed results and data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. As data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope becomes public, researchers hunt its archives for unnoticed cosmic oddities. While examining images from the COSMOS-Web survey, two researchers, Pieter van […]

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    NASA+ is Live as Ax-4 Prepares to Undock from Station

    The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) and Expedition 73 crews join each other for a group portrait inside the International Space Station's Harmony module. In the front row (from left) are, Ax-4 crewmates Tibor Kapu, Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski with Expedition 73 crewmates Anne McClain and Takuya Onishi. In the rear are, Expedition 73 crewmates Alexey Zubritsky, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Jonny Kim, and Nichole Ayers.

    NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ for the undocking of the fourth private astronaut mission, Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), from the International Space Station. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

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    Ax-4 Boards Dragon and Closes Hatch for Departure

    (From left) Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski wave from inside the Space Dragon spacecraft.

    At 5:07 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the undocking and return to Earth of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), with astronauts Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu.

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    Ax-4 Go for Monday Undocking, Finalizing Research

    The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew from Axiom Space approaches the International Space Station as both spacecraft were orbiting 263 miles above the coast of southern Madagascar. Commanding Ax-4 inside Dragon was veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson leading Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu. Dragon would dock later to the orbital outpost's space-facing port on the Harmony module.

    Mission managers have given the “go” for the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and undock from the International Space Station’s space-facing port on the Harmony module at 7:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14. Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson will lead Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu back to Earth completing a two-and-a-half-week research mission aboard the orbiting lab.

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    NASA Publishes New Heliophysics DRIVE Science Center Webpages

    NASA’s Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate (DRIVE) Science Centers are now available online. Information recently published on NASA’s science website includes each science center’s focus, associated partners, leveraged science missions, and where to learn more. The DRIVE Science Centers are the first of their kind, created to study important science topics in heliophysics. Heliophysics is […]

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    Light Duty Day Amid Space Research and Crew Swap Preps

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim shows off a barbeque brisket taco during dinner time at the galley inside the International Space Station's Unity module.

    A portion of the Expedition 73 crew as well as the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) quartet had a light duty day on Wednesday. There was still time aboard the International Space Station for a variety of research activities and preparations for an upcoming crew swap.

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