Thursday, December 30, 2021

Images of 2021: International Space Station Transits the Sun


This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. https://ift.tt/3sMiWHA

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 62F.

Friday, December 24, 2021

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 88F and a low of 60F.

James Webb Telescope Rolls to the Pad Aboard an Ariane 5 Rocket


Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. https://ift.tt/3EiVJyZ

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Small (But Mighty) Weather Instruments


In this image, the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments are shown in the trunk of the cargo craft. https://ift.tt/3qgE1ac

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 88F and a low of 60F.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Behold a Winter Solstice


The Earth's solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, this year's winter solstice happens on Dec. 21. https://ift.tt/33O7Lnn

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 87F and a low of 60F.

Monday, December 20, 2021

Blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope


These blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope were created as a prop for a video series. https://ift.tt/32mzH0F

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 85F and a low of 59F.

Friday, December 17, 2021

Hubble Views a Galaxy With an Explosive Past


In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. https://ift.tt/3GT3pcU

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 84F and a low of 59F.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Reflections of Starlight


This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming star that is accumulating gas and dust. https://ift.tt/3s7vAkd

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 85F and a low of 61F.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

A Cosmic Delivery – NASA Receives Samples of Asteroid Ryugu


IIn this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu is transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA. https://ift.tt/3pWiy6j

Mostly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 64F.

Monday, December 13, 2021

Friday, December 10, 2021

Snoopy to Fly Aboard Artemis I


Snoopy, the Zero G Indicator for the Artemis I mission, was delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 2021. https://ift.tt/3pJgdvw

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 87F and a low of 65F.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Exploring the Secrets of the Universe


A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. https://ift.tt/3oDqk5B

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 65F.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Observing a Dark Nebula


This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. https://ift.tt/3rKEm7x

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 65F.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!


NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. https://ift.tt/3GnUPlY

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 64F.

Monday, December 6, 2021

Eclipse Over Antarctica


This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. https://ift.tt/3Gn7lCt

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 85F and a low of 63F.

Friday, December 3, 2021

Become a Flight Director ... And Perhaps a Legend


Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control. https://ift.tt/31vAAna

AM Clouds/PM Sun tomorrow!



With a high of 82F and a low of 66F.

Photographing Mars


NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021. https://ift.tt/3Ei8v1i

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Eagle, Omega Nebula, Trifid, and Lagoon: Four Famous Nebulae


These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula. https://ift.tt/3o9pJZd

Rain tomorrow!



With a high of 74F and a low of 67F.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Dragons-Eye View


As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station. https://ift.tt/3p70TII