Wednesday, 10 January 2024

Orbital-1 Launch: 10th Anniversary


An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Thursday, January 9, 2014, Wallops Island, VA. Antares is carrying the Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Orbital-1 mission is Orbital Sciences' first contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Cygnus is carrying science experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and other hardware to the space station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) via NASA https://ift.tt/QvDPzJ7

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Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center

This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). via NASA https://ift.tt/oNArYFz