27-05-2013 04:56 PM CEST
Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, Flight Engineers; Karen Nyberg of NASA, left, and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, give a thumbs up after the crew's press conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, 27 May, 2013, in Kazakhstan.
The crew is in quarantine and behind glass during the press conference in preparation for their launch on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, 29 May, Kazakh time. Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
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Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
27-05-2013 10:45 AM CEST
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures an ongoing cosmic collision between two galaxies â a spiral galaxy is in the process of colliding with a lenticular galaxy.
The collision looks almost as if it is popping out of the screen in 3D, with parts of the spiral arms clearly embracing the lenticular galaxyâs bulge.
The image also reveals further evidence of the collision. There is a bright stream of stars coming out from the merging galaxies, extending out towards the right of the image. The bright spot in the middle of the plume, known as ESO 576-69, is what makes this image unique.
This spot is believed to be the nucleus of the former spiral galaxy, which was ejected from the system during the collision and is now being shredded by tidal forces to produce the visible stellar stream. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Luca Limatola.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Luca Limatola
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency checks his gloves during a portion of a suited dress rehearsal "fit check" exercise May 17, 2013.
Luca Parmitano, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a six-mission on the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA–V. Zelentsov
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Kazakhstan.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineers; Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Karen Nyberg of NASA, is scheduled for Wednesday May 29, Kazakh time.
Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
Credits: NASA/B.Ingalls
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Kazakhstan.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineers; Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Karen Nyberg of NASA, is scheduled for Wednesday May 29, Kazakh time.
Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
Credits: NASA/B.Ingalls
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Kazakhstan.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with Expedition 36/37 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineers; Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and Karen Nyberg of NASA, is scheduled for Wednesday May 29, Kazakh time.
Yurchikhin, Nyberg, and, Parmitano, will remain aboard the station until mid-November.
Credits: NASA/B.Ingalls
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
Behind the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency plants a tree in his name in a traditional ceremony May 22 as backup crewmates Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and Mikhail Tyurin (hidden) look on, along with prime Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchkhin (third from right), backup crewmember Rick Mastracchio of NASA (second from right) and prime Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (far right).
Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano are preparing for their launch May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA–V. Zelentsov
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 36/37 prime and backup crewmembers conducted the traditional raising of flags of their countries and host country Kazakhstan May 18 and participated in other ceremonies. From left to right are prime Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, prime Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA, prime Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and backup crewmembers Mikhail Tyurin, Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano are preparing for launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA–V. Zelentsov
27-05-2013 10:42 AM CEST
This new image shows the dramatic shape and colour of the Ring Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 57. From Earth's perspective, the nebula looks like a simple elliptical shape with a shaggy boundary.
However, new observations combining existing ground-based data with new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope data show that the nebula is shaped like a distorted doughnut.
This doughnut has a rugby-ball-shaped region of lower-density material slotted into in its central "gap", stretching towards and away from us.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)
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