Practicing for Orion’s Second Return

The Crew Module Test Article, a full-scale mockup of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean on July 26, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/RmML9YG

Hubble Peers at a Tranquil Galaxy

The tranquil spiral galaxy UGC 12295 basks leisurely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/9efOhyp

Interns Flying High

NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) interns Dorothy Sue Grimmer and Victoria Tran pose for a photo in front of the Dynamic Aviation B200 ahead of their morning research flight on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/pVRgB7w

Laguna Verde’s Turquoise Waters

Woody Hoburg took this photo of Laguna Verde’s inviting waters as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles (425 km) over South America on July 7, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/WC35Jp7

NASA, Industry Partners Unveil Hybrid Electric Aircraft Paint Schemes

GE Aerospace and magniX have revealed the paint schemes of the hybrid electric aircraft they will fly as part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EFPD) project. via NASA https://ift.tt/muWX6PU

A Wildflower Close-Up

Elaborate Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, sit pretty in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 13, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/aGdPKVi

OSIRIS-REx Rehearsal in the Utah Desert

In preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, recovery teams tour the projected landing ellipse in the Utah desert on July 17, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/XrQR3TY

54 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Crew Walks on the Moon

AS11-40-5875 (20 July 1969) -- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible. via NASA https://ift.tt/WO6QwHZ

Starling Takes Flight

On July 17, 2023, NASA’s four Starling CubeSats successfully deployed after having launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, shown in this image. via NASA https://ift.tt/d8iqH7g

Clouds Form Over North Africa

As the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above North Africa, clouds covered the sky. To the bottom right of the image, one of the station's roll-out solar arrays peeks through. via NASA https://ift.tt/nZgOwKD

A Fully Electric Ride for Artemis Crews

One of three specially designed, fully electric, environmentally friendly crew transportation vehicles for Artemis missions sits at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 11, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/vyn2op7

Three Cheers for NASA Orion Crew Modules for Future Artemis Missions

Work is being done on the Orion spacecraft for NASAs crewed Artemis II, Artemis III, and Artemis IV missions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/IdgH8bX

The Barchan Dunes of Brazil

Former NASA astronaut Jack Fischer captured this photograph of Lagoa dos Barros and crescent-shaped barchan dunes on the Atlantic coastline of southern Brazil on July 9, 2017, while aboard the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/F5ro2f9

Webb’s First Deep Field

President Joe Biden unveiled this image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 during a White House event on July 11, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/X8cxzLv

Wildlife at Armstrong Flight Research Center

A bobcat surveys the landscape at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in this March 11, 2021, image. via NASA https://ift.tt/lQLfUex

New Horizons Infrared View

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZyFb8aN

Prelaunch Processing for Psyche

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is nearly complete as it rests in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/9PLC03h

The Last Rays of an Orbital Sunset

The last rays of an orbital sunset begin fading in Earth's atmosphere silhouetting the cloud tops. via NASA https://ift.tt/yv56nkA

NASAs X-59 Makes a Critical Move

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/IbF1kSo

A Full Moon Illuminates Artemis I

A full moon was visible behind the Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I tested SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. via NASA https://ift.tt/2L0fEWr