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Cosmic latte art These milky swirls on Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt aren’t made by a barista, but by the planet’s zonal winds that flow in opposite directions. The resulting storms created in Jupiter’s atmosphere might look small in this picture, but they may actually be 16 to 31 miles (25 to 50 kilometers) across. Our Juno spacecraft captured this view on Oct. 16, 2021, on its 37th close flyby of this giant planet. Juno is a solar-powered spacecraft that spans the width of a basketball court and makes long, looping orbits around Jupiter. Image description: Only a portion of Jupiter is visible in this image taken from 2,454 miles (3,950 km) away. The winds on the planet create beige, orange, and brown swirls that look like milk poured in coffee. Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Brian Swift CC BY #NASA #Juno #flyby #Jupiter #LatteArt #space

“There is no part of the planet that isn’t absolutely beautiful...” NASA astronaut Josh Cassada on seeing the incredible views of the aurora with his Exp 68 crewmates. 🌌 #international #space #station #spacestation #aurora #Earth

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the International Space Station at 1:40 a.m. EST on Friday. Crew-6 Commander Stephen Bowen, Pilot Woody Hoburg, and Mission Specialists Sultan Alneyadi and Andrey Fedyaev soon entered the orbiting lab to begin a six-month space research mission. Greeting their new crewmates were Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, Koichi Wakata, and Anna Kikina. Pic 1) The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour approaches the space station for a docking. Credit: NASA TV 2) The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour is pictured docked to the Earth-facing port of the space station's Harmony module. Credit: NASA TV 3) All 11 crew members gathered together inside the Harmony module for a welcoming ceremony. Credit: NASA TV #nasa #uae #astronaut #roscosmos #cosmonaut #spacex #crew6 #crewdragon #crew #dragon #endeavour #harmony #international #space #station