tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72402645367412967742024-02-08T02:51:52.955+00:00AstroDuetnjcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-80484660180654360252020-09-22T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-22T15:28:44.682+01:00Ellen Ochoa Shakes Hands with First Humanoid Robot to Head to Station<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ellen_ochoa_with_robonaut2.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Then-NASA Johnson Space Center deputy director Ellen Ochoa poses for a photo with Robonaut 2 (R2) during media day in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility on Aug. 4, 2010. via NASA https://ift.tt/3mCJOo1</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-53378959716009983092020-09-17T19:28:00.001+01:002020-09-17T19:28:07.782+01:00A New View of Jupiter's Storms<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p2042a-f-1663x1663.png' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>A unique and exciting detail of Hubble’s snapshot appears at mid-northern latitudes as a bright, white, stretched-out storm traveling around the planet at 350 miles per hour. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ZKuI5U</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-64957094351305925272020-09-16T20:28:00.001+01:002020-09-16T20:28:11.217+01:00NASA Image Shows Fires, Hurricanes Across the U.S.<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fires-smoke-hurricanes.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the United States on Sep. 15, 2020, showing the fires in the West, the smoke from those fires drifting over the country, several hurricanes converging from different angles. via NASA https://ift.tt/3iFZmoo</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-89832920483171571842020-09-15T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-15T15:28:16.469+01:00Frank Rubio: From Pilot to Doctor to Astronaut<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/48466987012_c8581e9061_6k.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Dr. Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August 2017 and having completed the initial astronaut candidate training is now eligible for a mission assignment. via NASA https://ift.tt/35FzCFg</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-27503465240569355262020-09-14T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-14T15:28:24.007+01:00She's Back: Kate Rubins Set to Return to Space Station<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss049e050595.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>During her first mission to space and to the International Space Station, Kate Rubins became the first person to sequence DNA in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/3it1ZKc</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-74026094249019380122020-09-11T14:28:00.001+01:002020-09-11T14:28:23.638+01:00Hubble Stows a Pocketful of Stars<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2036a.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Globular cluster NGC 1805, a tight grouping of thousands of stars is, located near the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. In the dense center of one of these clusters, stars are 100 to 1,000 times closer together than the nearest stars are to our Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/3iqlYJy</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-43762810306498168742020-09-10T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-10T15:28:20.815+01:00Be a NASA Flight Director<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/589229main_s65-22203_full.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Not every flight director is a legend, but some are. Take Eugene Kranz, for example. via NASA https://ift.tt/33f8zxE</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-1543628405710856782020-09-09T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-09T15:28:02.306+01:00California's Creek Fire at Night<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dnb_npp_090720_0924_8e-9ca_creekfire_labels.png' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>This NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite image from Sept. 7, 2020, shows the night band image of the Creek Fire at night as well as the smoke from the fire causing lights at night to diffuse or "bloom." via NASA https://ift.tt/33bCZRt</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-63599418493108797222020-09-08T14:28:00.001+01:002020-09-08T14:28:06.295+01:00Star Trek and NASA: 54 Years and Counting<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ec76-5806.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Star Trek debuted 54 years ago on Sept. 8, 1966. via NASA https://ift.tt/3jY79OE</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-16450222808130048652020-09-04T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-04T15:28:04.696+01:00Completing the Roman Telescope's Primary Mirror<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pm10.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. via NASA https://ift.tt/350wOlI</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-28655998213827732242020-09-03T14:28:00.001+01:002020-09-03T14:28:28.473+01:00Booster Test for Future Space Launch System Flights<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sls_booster_test_horizontal.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>The first solid rocket booster test for Space Launch System (SLS) missions beyond Artemis III seen here during a two-minute hot fire test, Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at the T-97 Northrop Grumman test facility in Promontory, Utah. via NASA https://ift.tt/3hP00j4</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-29693354158077373052020-09-02T15:28:00.001+01:002020-09-02T15:28:12.985+01:00Mars's Twin Peaks<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia02406.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. It's tiny rover, named Sojourner after abolitionist Sojourner Truth, spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YXyQiF</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-70704886891447881602020-09-01T16:28:00.001+01:002020-09-01T16:28:18.482+01:00Skylab Commander Jerry Carr Trains for His Mission<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s73-34093.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Carr passed away on Aug. 26, 2020. “NASA and the nation have lost a pioneer of long duration spaceflight," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Read the statement. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YVhuD1</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-20709877530168218212020-08-31T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-31T15:28:02.149+01:00Sunrise Shadows Over the Philippine Sea<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e076166.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows over a cloudy Philippine Sea. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ELAaOm</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-88967123105882802292020-08-28T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-28T15:28:27.445+01:00Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2034a.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the "death" of a star 20 times more massive than our Sun 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. Light from this supernova takes around 2,400 years to reach Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/3gzjyqd</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-67472887902740137592020-08-27T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-27T15:28:04.558+01:00Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23126-1041.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there's a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars born from the same dense clumps of gas and dust. via NASA https://ift.tt/3hysgqd</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-90042003460387708182020-08-26T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-26T15:28:20.064+01:00A Fermi Spirograph and Women's Equality Day<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/730451main_8512394775_7777461351_o-full_full.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women's Equality Day? via NASA https://ift.tt/3aXrtMU</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-1877119444924234632020-08-25T16:28:00.001+01:002020-08-25T16:28:08.701+01:00Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/proximasurface.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YuEIiX</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-3800810048437151972020-08-24T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-24T15:28:21.310+01:00Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2_iss035e031921_0.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>In this image, one of the radiation detectors for the Radi-N2 experiment floats in the space station. This device will help researchers explore the radition risk to humans in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/34pcOJb</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-86803945330579422642020-08-21T14:28:00.001+01:002020-08-21T14:28:11.774+01:00Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2033a.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape. via NASA https://ift.tt/3giJ4zK</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-55705957295684226232020-08-20T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-20T15:28:02.029+01:00Station Crew Spots Hurricane Genevieve<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e074377.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Hurricane Genevieve is pictured off the Pacific coast of Mexico from the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/34hP4qr</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-60956784848865752782020-08-19T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-19T15:28:08.670+01:00NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/13_duensing_j_sc19_propellerslice_v0_no_label.png' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>We're celebrating National Aviation Day! After all, we are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aviation and aeronautics are as much a part of our mission as space travel. via NASA https://ift.tt/2E6EsQq</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-11961881701598969252020-08-18T14:28:00.001+01:002020-08-18T14:28:15.305+01:00Canadarm2 and Japan's HTV-9 Resupply Ship<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e070805.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>The versatile Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to grapple and remove the HTV-9 resupply craft from the space station's Harmony module. via NASA https://ift.tt/3aEDXsz</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-68074334947340791562020-08-17T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-17T15:28:21.566+01:00Capturing an Avalanche on Mars<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/3_avalanche_pia24035-1041.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>Hi-RISE, the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall cliff. via NASA https://ift.tt/2E3HMLY</div>
njcuk9999http://www.blogger.com/profile/08343373285041122626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7240264536741296774.post-76249265000656832272020-08-14T15:28:00.001+01:002020-08-14T15:28:15.952+01:00Astronaut Chris Cassidy Does Housekeeping in Space<img src='https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e066984.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>This past weekend, NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy was no exception as he collected trash for disposal during weekend housekeeping activities. via NASA https://ift.tt/3fYmWL8</div>
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