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In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on April 24 1990 astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant “celebrity star ” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust. Hubble's senior project scientist Dr. Jennifer Wiseman takes us on a tour of this stunning new image describes the telescope's current health and summarizes some of Hubble's contributions to astronomy from the past year. For more information visit https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/... Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul R. Morris (USRA): Lead Producer Dr. Jennifer Wiseman (NASA/GSFC): Narrator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Additional Visualizations: Flyby of AG Carinae Video credit: Leah Hustak Frank Summers

Following Crew-7's successful launch, mission experts take questions from the media at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Participants include:
- Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy
- Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president, JAXA
- Josef Aschbacher, director general, ESA

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifted off from Kennedy at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 UTC) on Saturday, Aug. 26. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are traveling to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a several-month science expedition. Docking is currently scheduled for approximately 8:39 a.m. EDT (1239 UTC) on Sunday, Aug. 27.

Read more about the launch and the Crew-7 mission:
Watch NASA's Crew-7 launch coverage:

• NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch (Official...

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