Friday, 30 September 2022
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Neptune Shows Off Its Rings in Near-Infrared Light
On Sept. 21, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years. via NASA https://ift.tt/N91R3cM
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Ellen Ochoa Suits Up
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water survival training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in 2001. via NASA https://ift.tt/vXtQ3wT
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
DART Team Celebrates Successful Collision
In this image from Sept. 26, 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, and guests at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory cheer as they receive confirmation of DART’s collision with Dimorphos. via NASA https://ift.tt/QgjznC6
Monday, 26 September 2022
Golden DART’s Galactic Unboxing
Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from a shipping container onto a work stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in this image from Oct. 4, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/xAdMinm
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Saturday, 24 September 2022
Friday, 23 September 2022
John W. Young’s Lunar Salute
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 spacewalk. via NASA https://ift.tt/mivkOsa
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Endeavour Gets a Piggyback Ride
Our Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston in this Sept. 20, 2012, image. via NASA https://ift.tt/FbH4MNO
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Frank Rubio Trains for Spacewalk
In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks. via NASA https://ift.tt/WlAUe5Y
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Monday, 19 September 2022
A Stormy Stellar Nursery
This cloudy, turbulent scene shows a stellar nursery within the Large Magellanic Cloud known as N159. via NASA https://ift.tt/79Q6EtV
Sunday, 18 September 2022
Saturday, 17 September 2022
Friday, 16 September 2022
Thursday, 15 September 2022
Michael E. López-Alegría Poses During Spacewalk
Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular activity on Oct. 18, 2000. via NASA https://ift.tt/e0IOjds
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
A Bird's-Eye View of the Vehicle Assembly Base
A little blue heron is seen in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/Ji3FGmu
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Snowcapped Mountains in Western China
The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/OlSYsiR
Monday, 12 September 2022
Reflecting on President Kennedy's Moonshot Speech
On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston. via NASA https://ift.tt/2iUmwzd
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Saturday, 10 September 2022
Friday, 9 September 2022
Mediterranean Cities Light Up the Night
This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 261 miles above looks across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to southern Europe. via NASA https://ift.tt/VpFEf6M
Thursday, 8 September 2022
NASA's Hubble Finds Spiraling Stars, Providing Window into Early Universe
via NASA https://ift.tt/hmSgzaZ
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Voyager 1’s Mission to the Outer Planet Begins
The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time. via NASA https://ift.tt/Qy59OYr
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Monday, 5 September 2022
Sunday, 4 September 2022
Saturday, 3 September 2022
Friday, 2 September 2022
The Crater Farm
Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA's Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. via NASA https://ift.tt/rhL3sYR
Thursday, 1 September 2022
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