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Browns QB Josh Dobbs takes teammates on field trip to NASA’s Glenn Research Center

#Browns quarterback Josh Dobbs organized an unforgettable field trip for his teammates to take a break from Cleveland’s workouts at OTAs

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The Cleveland Browns are in the midst of their organized team activities in Berea, Ohio, but backup quarterback Josh Dobbs isn’t letting the optional workouts get in the way of a good time after organizing a field trip to NASA’s Glenn Research Center on Wednesday.

Located next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the Glenn Research Center designs and tests innovative technology to revolutionize air travel, advance space exploration, and improve life on Earth, according to their Twitter page.

11 Browns from both sides of the team’s roster were in attendance for the excursion, including cornerback Mike Ford, linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, receiver Marquise Goodwin, and tight end Harrison Bryant, among others.

News about the trip broke on Twitter late on Thursday when the team posted a link to a slideshow with pictures of Cleveland’s finest football players having a blast at the NASA facility. They stood in the wind tunnel, took pictures with robots and airplanes, and seemed to have a great time as they bonded away from the Browns’ practice facilities.

They have Dobbs to thank for the much-needed break from the hard work the team has been putting in at practices, and if the photos of the event are any indication, everyone who participated is sure to have come away from the experience with plenty of great stories,

The NASA threads Navy will wear vs. Army might be college football’s coolest alternate uniforms

Astronaut U, y’all.

A handful of programs in the sport have tried to claim ownership of being college football’s unofficial outer space team.

Purdue, Rice, UCF and Air Force have all trotted out space-themed uniforms over the years. The Air Force Academy has its connection with the Space Force, Rice and UCF have longstanding relationships with NASA, and at least 47 Purdue graduates have gone to space – including Neil Armstrong – leading the Boilermakers to wear uniforms honoring the moon landing in 2019.

But here’s the thing: No other institution of higher education in America has produced more astronauts than the United States Naval Academy. So, if any college football program has a claim to the “Astronaut U” tag, it’s the one in Annapolis, Maryland. They’ve sent 54 Midshipmen to space.

Navy pulled further ahead in college football’s space race on Monday, unveiling incredibly awesome NASA-themed uniforms for its annual clash with Army.

The uniforms were created in a collaboration with Under Armour and are extremely detailed.

On the right shoulder is NASA’s “meatball logo,” which was on the space suit that 1958 Navy graduate and astronaut Bruce McCandless II wore in 1985 when he took the first untethered spacewalk in history. The helmet the Mids will wear against Army feature hand-crafted paintings of McCandless floating in space with Earth in the background. The other side of the helmet has the classic block red NASA logo. Written on the back of the helmet is, “From the sea to the stars.”

The uniform’s letters and numbers are in the Helvetica font because its one that NASA has used for decades.

First adopted in 1963, the astronaut pin is featured on the pants and gloves the Mids will wear. It’s given to astronauts after they complete basic training. Navy will wear all-white cleats with tiny shiny dots to mimic moon boots.

On the left shoulder on the front of the jersey is a patch for the USS Enterprise – the world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier – which tracked the first American orbital spaceflight, Friendship 7. McCandless and William McCool (a 1983 Navy graduate) both served on the Enterprise.

Alan Shepard – Naval Academy Class of 1945 – was the first American in space and was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. The most recent Navy graduate to go to space is Kayla Barron. The 2010 graduate was a cross country and track and field athlete for the Mids.

The 123rd Army-Navy game kicks off at 3 p.m. in Philadelphia on Dec. 10. Navy won last season 17-13.

While Air Force has already won the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy this season, the winner of Army-Navy will crown the best FBS Service Academy team that is not currently on NCAA probation for recruiting violations.

Featured image courtesy of Navy Athletics.

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11 spectacular photos of Artemis I rocket launching toward the moon

Some incredible photos from liftoff.

We have liftoff!

Early Wednesday morning, NASA’s Artemis I rocket to the moon launched after delays earlier in the year.

What’s the reason behind the spacecraft without a crew being launched now? From USA TODAY: “The Artemis I launch will send a new, empty capsule around the moon for the first time in 50 years. This first test flight is expected to last for four- to six weeks and will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The $4.1 billion mission will allow NASA to verify the capsule’s heat shield during reentry. If successful, four astronauts will be able to strap in for the next moonshot in 2024, which will be followed by a lunar landing of two astronauts a year or two later.”

The photos from the launch were spectacular. Check them out:

Mind-blowing facts about NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope images

Talk about a stellar view.

Today, NASA unveiled images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The infrared images show the deepest and sharpest view of the distant universe to date. These glimpses into space represent 120 hours of observation and come after the telescope began capturing data a few weeks ago. Now available to the public, the Webb images invite people to explore distant galaxies and learn more about this scientific achievement.

“It’s an emotional moment when you see nature suddenly releasing some of its secrets,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said at a news conference on Wednesday. “With this telescope, it’s really hard not to break records.”

Thousands of small galaxies appear across this view. Their colors vary. Some are shades of orange, while others are white. Most appear as fuzzy ovals, but a few have distinct spiral arms. In front of the galaxies are several foreground stars. Most appear blue, and the bright stars have diffraction spikes, forming an eight-pointed star shape. There are also many thin, long, orange arcs that curve around the center of the image.
IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Meet Webb’s First Deep Field, the first James Webb Space Telescope image. The incredibly detailed capture shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. To generate this view, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) composited several images at various wavelengths. This technology allows the world to see SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago.

“Webb can see backwards in time just after the big bang by looking for galaxies that are so far away, the light has taken many billions of years to get from those galaxies to ourselves,” Jonathan Gardner, NASA’s Webb deputy senior project scientist, said during the recent news conference.

Curious to see just how much NASA’s technology has improved? Compare the James Webb Space Telescope images to those captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Twitter user @Johnnyc1423 created a helpful slider tool that compares images from the two telescopes. Currently, the tool features images of SMACS 0723, Southern Ring Nebula, Stephan’s Quintet, and Carina Nebula.

The new images represent a significant moment in scientific discovery and come after many years of collaboration. As NASA explains, “Thousands of scientists, engineers, and technicians from 14 countries, 29 U.S. states, and Washington, D.C. contributed to build, test, and integrate Webb.”

See a gallery of the images here, and stay updated as NASA releases further information.

8 mesmerizing space and galaxy photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

These are mind-blowing!

Space is incredibly awesome, beyond terrifying or a little of both — depending on your perspective.

But some things about it are undeniably cool, like the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which President Joe Biden released Monday during a White House briefing, as USA TODAY noted. More images were released Tuesday, and wow, they’re incredible.

The images, according to NASA, “represent the first wave of full-color scientific images and spectra the observatory has gathered, and the official beginning of Webb’s general science operations.”

The powers of the Webb Telescope — “the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope” that’s decades in the making thanks to international partnerships — offer those of us on Earth the deepest views of the cosmos that have ever been seen. It’s able to show us thousands of galaxies and stars that have a psychedelic feeling to them, probably because it’s challenging to comprehend what exactly we’re looking at.

Nevertheless, the images are remarkable, so here’s a glimpse at some of the coolest ones.

SI’s Ben Pickman joined Madelyn Burke …

SI’s Ben Pickman joined Madelyn Burke to discuss Celtics rookie Grant Williams’ interesting connection to space. Williams’ mother, Teresa, has worked at NASA for more than thirty years in a few different capacities. Pickman shares how Williams’ mother and curiosity about space has taken him on the path of nurturing several other interests. Video Transcript: Madelyn Burke: For Grant Williams, the recent SpaceX and NASA launch was something special. The Celtics rookie has always had an interest in space. His mother is a big part of that. She’s an engineer who’s worked at NASA for three decades.

And, you know, as I mentioned, SpaceX …

And, you know, as I mentioned, SpaceX at NASA, they recently launched two astronauts to the International Space Station. Did he have a story about watching that launch or what it meant to him? Ben Pickman: Yeah, I mean, this was a historic moment, a remember where you were kind of moment, as Williams described it. Now, he was in the house of Kemba Walker in Charlotte, which is where he is spending his quarantine, his hiatus from the NBA. And Williams was really excited about the launch in particular. And he said the thing that is amazing to him is just the different kinds of launches, the different kinds of shuttles, the different kinds of launch pads and launch procedures that we’ve seen in recent years. That kind of change, that evolution, that advancement, he said, is something that’s really jumped out to him.

Yes, a SpaceX rocket did blow up but it’s not the one you think it is

We’re still getting a launch on Saturday

No, your eyes do not deceive you. That was a SpaceX space shuttle that quite literally blew up on on your Twitter timeline.

But no, it’s not the one that you think it is.

SpaceX was conducting a rocket engine test on one of their starships Friday and then, all of a sudden, it just randomly exploded. Some people on Twitter panicked and thought the ship was the same one SpaceX and NASA are set to launch on Saturday.

Thankfully, though, it’s not. What people saw blowing up on their timelines was actually the Starship SN4 prototype. It was going through an engine test that, obviously, it has failed.

It’s unclear if anyone actually got hurt in this explosion. SpaceX hasn’t released any information just yet. We only have this jarring video to go off of.

Goodness, man. That is extremely terrifying. Hopefully, everyone is alright and no one got hurt.

They were conducting a “static fire” test, which is basically like doing a car engine test except for, well, it’s a space ship. They ignite the main Raptor engine on the ship while holding it down and in place. Then this happened.

The SN4 blowing up stinks. SpaceX is developing this rocket with intentions of sending people to deep space destinations like the Moon and Mars. Basically, it’d be like a cruise ship but into space instead of, say, Jamaica or something.

Pretty cool, right? We’re one step closer to The Expanse becoming our actual lives. I’m definitely starting a new life in the Belt when the time comes — if you know, you know.

Here’s the thing, though. This is the fourth time they’ve lost this starship prototype. And, though this one got a bit further than the rest, there probably isn’t going to be much left from this wreck that is salvageable.

The ship was set to fly soon in a low-altitude flight test if it remained in tact. Obviously, that isn’t happening now. And that’s a big setback.

This stinks. Hopefully, this rocket gets completed at some point. But if there’s still a silver lining here it’s that we’re still scheduled for a lunch tomorrow.

Well, if the weather allows it, anyway.

The SpaceX launch got postponed in the final minutes and everyone was bummed out

Thanks for nothing, 2020.

Wednesday was supposed to be a historic day as Elon Musk’s SpaceX was scheduled to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in a mission called Demo-2.

I said “supposed to” because this is the year 2020 after all and nothing continues to go our way as weather in Florida caused the launch at the Kennedy Space Center to be postponed just minutes before the launch was going to happen.

They will try to do it all over again on Saturday with a scheduled launch time of 3:22 p.m. ET.

This was a big bummer as we were all looking forward to seeing the first time that a commercial aerospace company sent astronauts to space. Now we must wait a few more days.

Twitter was bummed out and made at 2020:

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