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
2020/08/28
Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast
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
2020/08/27
Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
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
2020/08/26
A Fermi Spirograph and Women's Equality Day
What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women's Equality Day? via NASA https://ift.tt/3aXrtMU
2020/08/25
Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist
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
2020/08/24
Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts
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
2020/08/21
Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy
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
2020/08/20
Station Crew Spots Hurricane Genevieve
Hurricane Genevieve is pictured off the Pacific coast of Mexico from the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/34hP4qr
2020/08/19
NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly
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
2020/08/18
Canadarm2 and Japan's HTV-9 Resupply Ship
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
2020/08/17
Capturing an Avalanche on Mars
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
2020/08/14
Astronaut Chris Cassidy Does Housekeeping in Space
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
2020/08/13
NASA Begins Installing Orion Adapter for First Artemis Moon Flight
Through the Artemis program, NASA is working to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. via NASA https://ift.tt/3kGbQ0T
2020/08/12
Candy-Colored Phobos
As of March 2020, our Mars Odyssey has captured these six views of the Martian moon Phobos. via NASA https://ift.tt/31K9xRR
2020/08/11
This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FhBlpb
2020/08/10
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu. via NASA https://ift.tt/31DSWyN
2020/08/07
Hubble Sees Near and Far
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. Appearing in this Hubble image to shine brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/2XD6NVb
2020/08/06
A Starry Sky Above the Earth's Atmospheric Glow
This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth's atmospheric glow. via NASA https://ift.tt/31nkQ20
2020/08/05
Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. via NASA https://ift.tt/3idsPFU
2020/08/04
Outbursts from a Double Star System
For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/3gnEvVQ
2020/08/03
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Lifted Aboard Recovery Ship
Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing. via NASA https://ift.tt/2PhmxbN
Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico. via NASA https://ift.tt/3k6NAor
2020/08/01
SpaceX Crew Dragon As It Approached the Space Station
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA's Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/33iy3Mi
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