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line-height: inherit;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-5" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-127" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></font></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has found life's building blocks on the Red Planet.</font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: auto; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-6" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-128" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></font></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-mars-2020-mission" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Perseverance</u></a> has identified carbon-containing organic chemicals in some of the rocks it has examined on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater, mission team members announced on Wednesday (Dec. 15). </font></p><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; --black: #000; --white: #fff; --light-grey: #eaeaea; --light-mid-grey: #ccc; --trd-blue: #2f6e91; --site-color: #5aaf0b; --site-color-hover: #005f00; --yellow: #ffd800; --green: #3c8d0d; --orange: #ff6f28; --red: red; --pink: #e6248a; --light-blue: #97edfc; 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--deal-hero-promo-background-progressive: transparent; --deal-hero-promo-color-progressive: #d21f26; --deal-widget-hero-box-shadow-color: hsla(0,0%,91.4%,0.23137254901960785); --sticky-promo-color: #e19c42; --terms-conditions-orange: #f19670; --voucher-promo-red: #c0464a;"></aside></span><span style="margin: auto; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-7" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-129" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></span></font><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">To be clear: This is not a detection of <a href="https://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Mars</u></a> life. Organics can be produced by both biological and non-biological means, and more work is needed to figure out what processes generated the Jezero compounds. </font></p><div class=""><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> <a href="https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-mission-photos.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NASA's Perseverance rover mission to Mars in photos</u></a></font></p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: auto; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-9" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-131" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Perseverance won't have to do all that work by itself; the rover is collecting samples that will be hauled to Earth by a joint NASA/European Space Agency campaign, <a href="https://www.space.com/mars-sample-return-plan-nasa-esa.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">perhaps as early as 2031</u></a>.</font></p><div id="ad-unit-2" class="ad-unit" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: auto; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-10" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-132" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">"This is a question that may not be solved until the samples are returned to Earth, but the preservation of organics is very exciting," Luther Beegle, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-makes-surprising-discoveries" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-makes-surprising-discoveries" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">said in a statement</u></a>. </font></p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: auto; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-11" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-133" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></div></span><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">"When these samples are returned to Earth, they will be a source of scientific inquiry and discovery for many years," added Beegle, the principal investigator of Perseverance's SHERLOC ("Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals") instrument.</font><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><h2 class="jw-video-details-title ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 2rem; font-size: 1.375rem; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(43, 59, 87); color: rgb(43, 59, 87);">See Perseverance's view of Jezero Crater's Delta on Mars </h2><h2 class="jw-video-details-title ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 2rem; font-size: 1.375rem; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(43, 59, 87); color: rgb(43, 59, 87);"><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><a href="https://videos.space.com/m/VjizjF5Q/see-perseverances-view-of-jezero-craters-delta-on-mars?list=9wzCTV4g" style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">https://videos.space.com/m/VjizjF5Q/see-perseverances-view-of-jezero-craters-delta-on-mars?list=9wzCTV4g</a><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: large; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span></span></h2></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: large; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-bottom: 5px;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDwxCKojllDroqdCCifPauBWcNLQRH?format=multipart" style="color: rgb(0, 57, 82); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 26px; display: block;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 28px;" class="">How to see the Cold Moon, the longest full moon of the year, this Saturday</font></a></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 15px; padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 15px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding-right: 15px !important;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDwxCKojllDroqdCCifPauBWcNLQRH" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/stories/m/6v/jb/6vjb07/x8urezmqfrbrcvcj7vucej-1024-80_w570.jpg" height="320" width="570" border="0" alt="How to see the Cold Moon, the longest full moon of the year, this Saturday" class="scale_full_width" style="max-width: 570px;"></a></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="570" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 15px !important;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9px;" class="">(</span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Image credit: YouraPechkin via Getty Images)</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="name-100" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; display: inline !important;">December's Cold Moon, the longest full moon of the year, will debut this Saturday night (Dec. 18), making it the last full moon before the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. <br class=""><br class="">To catch the Cold Moon at its fullest, look up at 11:36 p.m. EST (0432 GMT on Dec. 19). If you miss that moment, you'll still get a chance to see the lunar show; although the moon isn't officially full until Saturday, it will appear full for three days, from Friday evening (Dec. 17) through Monday morning (Dec. 20), making this "a full moon weekend," according to NASA.</div><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span class="mobile_wrap" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: nowrap;"><b class="">Full Story: </b><a target="_blank" class="mobile_wrap" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDwxCKojllDroqdCCifPauBWcNLQRH?format=multipart" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); white-space: normal; text-decoration: none;">Live Science</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class=""> (12/16</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><span class="mobile_wrap" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><a name="68349BA4-EA2B-47F4-9BD5-7123BFF04ACB" class=""></a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0px 25px 30px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 25px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class=""><div class="name-74-div" style="font-size: 15px;"></div><div class="name-75-div"><div valign="top" class=""><div width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="name-73"><div style="padding-bottom: 5px;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroewYCifPauBWcNHkSV?format=multipart" style="color: rgb(0, 57, 82); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; line-height: 26px; display: block;" class=""><span style="font-size: 28px;" class="">'Humanity has touched the sun' in a pioneering achievement for space exploration</span></a></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="font-size: 15px; padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-right: 15px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding-right: 15px !important;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroewYCifPauBWcNHkSV" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/stories/m/70/7s/707sb4/t7knehchb9eh9i6qstblyc-1024-80_w570.jpg" height="320" width="570" border="0" alt="'Humanity has touched the sun' in a pioneering achievement for space exploration" class="scale_full_width" style="max-width: 570px;"></a></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="570" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 15px !important;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 9px; line-height: normal;" class="">(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="name-100" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 25px; display: inline !important;">A NASA probe has entered the sun's atmosphere and "touched" the blazing corona, in a first for solar science. <br class=""><br class="">The Parker Solar Probe, which launched in 2018, conducted seven flybys of the sun before dipping into the corona during its eighth flyby on April 28, 2021. It made three trips into the sun's atmosphere, one of which lasted for 5 hours, mission scientists reported at a press briefing on Tuesday (Dec. 14) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).</div><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""> </span><span class="mobile_wrap" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap;"><b class="">Full Story: </b><a target="_blank" class="mobile_wrap" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroewYCifPauBWcNHkSV?format=multipart" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); white-space: normal; text-decoration: none;">Live Science</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class=""> (12/15)</span></span><span style="font-size: 8px;" class=""> </span><div style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroexsCifPauBWcNwdgf" title="LinkedIn" style="color: rgb(1, 100, 161); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/LinkedIn_BLUE.png" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="top" alt="LinkedIn" style="max-width: 17px;" class=""></a><span class="story_share_icon_separator" style="font-size: 8px;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroextCifPauBWcNzCmS" title="Twitter" style="color: rgb(1, 100, 161); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/Twitter_BLUE.png" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="top" alt="Twitter" style="max-width: 17px;" class=""></a><span class="story_share_icon_separator" style="font-size: 8px;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroexuCifPauBWcNEvVt" title="Facebook" style="color: rgb(1, 100, 161); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/FB_BLUE.png" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="top" alt="Facebook" style="max-width: 17px;" class=""></a><span class="story_share_icon_separator" style="font-size: 8px;"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/oDrPCKojllDroexvCifPauBWcNKKbi" title="Email" style="color: rgb(1, 100, 161); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" class=""><img src="https://cdn.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/EMAIL_BLUE.png" height="17" width="17" border="0" align="top" alt="Email" style="max-width: 17px;" class=""></a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 15px;" class=""><table id="pr-table1" width="700" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 700px; font-size: 18px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" class=""> </td><td id="123" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px 10px; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: middle; width: 700px;" class="">December 16, 2021 <br class="">RELEASE 21-172<br class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission</b><br class=""><table align="center" width="687" cellpadding="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 708px; font-size: 0.923em;" class=""><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); vertical-align: middle; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crew6_bowen_hoburg.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/crew6_bowen_hoburg.jpg" width="687px" height="auto" alt="NASA crew members of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg." title="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">NASA crew members of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg.</div><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div class="credits" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Credits: NASA</div></i></b><div class="link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 15px;" class=""><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; white-space: normal;" class="">NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">NASA astronauts</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/stephen-g-bowen" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Stephen Bowen</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">and</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/warren-hoburg" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Woody Hoburg</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. The agency’s international partners will assign additional crew members as mission specialists in the future. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">The mission is expected to launch in 2023 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bowen, Hoburg, and the international crew members will join an expedition crew aboard the space station. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">This will be Bowen’s fourth trip into space as a veteran of three space shuttle missions: STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Bowen has logged more than 40 days in space, including 47 hours, 18 minutes during seven spacewalks. He was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and a master’s degree in ocean engineering from the Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts. In July 2000, Bowen became the first submarine officer selected as an astronaut by NASA. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">Hoburg was selected by NASA as an astronaut in 2017 and this will be his first trip to space. He is from Pittsburgh and earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of his selection as an astronaut, Hoburg was an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoburg's research focused on efficient methods for design of engineering systems. He also is a commercial pilot with instrument, single-engine, and multi-engine ratings. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">NASA’s</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/commercial-crew-program-the-essentials" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Commercial Crew Program</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">For</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/station20/" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">more than 21 years</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor, 244 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">The station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit. As commercial companies focus on providing human space transportation services and developing a robust</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/leo-economy/low-earth-orbit-economy" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">low-Earth orbit economy</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, NASA is free to focus on building spacecraft and rockets for deep space missions to the</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Moon and Mars</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">.</span></p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; 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font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Twitter</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">and</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwhoburg%2F%3Fhl%3Den&data=04%7C01%7Chqnews%40newsletters.nasa.gov%7C406188433d9b48bc84f008d9c0d687ee%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637752849899577214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7LBaczXLFzwRYg8ueWsHfbhkf6l9vDTo6tdA%2F6hX1Js%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.instagram.com/whoburg/?hl=en" shash="kxTsoAs355CdBU2VGn8FVDDVRL/ofqj/aOuaocDc/8WolY9r9RUkU2MWQfCY8DEk8xqhMq6NukgfEOOAxXNkZKonmsn0dRvHz5xvkbNr5vn4Su+o7Ff0Yj8IySezEFgmMblJ0eXWoH+YlCZ1hyD/E47n3u5haU+TwnJSrnbvSrw=" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Instagram</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">Find more information on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: </span><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189);" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew</a></span></strong></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; font-size: 18px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="5" class="">NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch</font></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; font-size: 18px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; display: block; margin: auto; padding: env(safe-area-inset-top) env(safe-area-inset-right) env(safe-area-inset-bottom) env(safe-area-inset-left); cursor: zoom-in;" apple-inline="yes" id="DFB51CFB-D56A-4AE4-A817-328FFEE4D507" src="cid:95234C73-DF67-454D-A33B-58DC52FFED85" class=""></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NASA commercial cargo launch provider SpaceX is targeting 5:06 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 21, to launch its 24th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew. Live coverage will air on NASA Television, the</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">NASA app</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, and the agency’s</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/live" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">website</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, with prelaunch events starting Monday, Dec. 20. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">Dragon’s 6,500 pounds of cargo include a variety of NASA</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-24-research-highlights" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">investigations</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, such as a</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8616" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">protein crystal growth study</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">that could improve how cancer treatment drugs are delivered to patients and a</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8552" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">handheld bioprinter</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">that could one day be used to print tissue directly onto wounds for faster healing. There are also experiments from students at several universities as part of the Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science (</span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem_on_station/spocs.html" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">SPOCS</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">) program and an</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8595" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">investigation</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">from the makers of Tide that examines detergent efficacy in microgravity. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">About 12 minutes after launch, Dragon will separate from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station. Arrival to the station is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 22. Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station’s</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Harmony module</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">, with NASA astronauts</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/raja-chari/biography" target="_blank" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Raja Chari</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">and</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/thomas-h-marshburn/biography" target="_blank" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Thomas Marshburn</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">monitoring operations from the station. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida.</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal;" class=""><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;" class=""><span style="" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv</a></span> </strong></strong></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Tuesday, Dec. 21</strong></p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">4:45 a.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins for the 5:06 a.m. launch</span></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Wednesday, Dec. 22</strong></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">3 a.m. – NASA TV coverage begins for Dragon docking to space station</span></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">4:30 a.m. – Docking</span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Attend the launch virtually</strong></p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Members of the public can <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fnasas-24th-spacex-cargo-resupply-mission-launch-registration-214959879787%3Faff%3Dpr&data=04%7C01%7Chqnews%40newsletters.nasa.gov%7Cde3b58f0af0541cbf19208d9bfe75e1e%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637751822725878400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=igg4OwXDwzteIUdiVwtFDUEnHy79odIxnzc6%2FSF%2FPC4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nasas-24th-spacex-cargo-resupply-mission-launch-registration-214959879787?aff=pr" shash="shZg/NcAe7vEFlq/kcQw6gQ5OxaKu58Fn+2DOQlR2PPY1H6apMQ/tZVPM0svslacM/usWGIJGXYTozSRF6NJuyub51+BXkJsse22qh2uUqjir62ESc4nI0q++E8V9On/8ap8WZ2nm6I+QucnoBAnBwHwqu0MQ26ZigtSAuC9EFc=" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">register</a>: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nasas-24th-spacex-cargo-resupply-mission-launch-registration-214959879787?aff=pr" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nasas-24th-spacex-cargo-resupply-mission-launch-registration-214959879787?aff=pr</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-size: large;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">to attend this launch virtually. Registrants will receive mission updates and activities by email. NASA’s virtual guest program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities, and a virtual guest</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/virtualguest/img/Virtual-Guest-Passport_2nd.pdf" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">passport</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> stamp following a successful launch.</span></p></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></div></div></div></section></div></body></html>