Friday, December 31, 2021
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
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Monday, December 27, 2021
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Friday, December 24, 2021
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
Thursday, December 23, 2021
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
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
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
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Saturday, December 18, 2021
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
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
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Eugene Parker Watches the Liftoff of the Mission Named in His Honor
Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor. https://ift.tt/3pVQ6l7
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
Monday, December 13, 2021
The Geminids Are Here!
Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky. https://ift.tt/3IJLyqy
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Saturday, December 11, 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
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
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
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
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
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Saturday, December 4, 2021
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
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
Thursday, December 2, 2021
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
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
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