With a high of 96F and a low of 69F.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Mary W. Jackson: NASA's First Female African American Engineer
On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer. https://ift.tt/2ZSzBJR
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Reflections from a Black Hole
This 2003 composite X-ray and optical image of galaxy NGC 1068 shows gas blowing away in a high-speed wind from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. https://ift.tt/37NwXJH
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Traversing Mars' Jezero Crater
This image depicts a possible area through which the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could traverse across Jezero Crater. https://ift.tt/2NXkgFi
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars
This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing. https://ift.tt/3slIKH3
Monday, February 22, 2021
Alvin Drew: Down to Earth
On Feb. 28, 2011, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participates in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/3sl6mLN
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
Perseverance Rover Lands on the Red Planet
NASAs Perseverance Rover lands on Mars. https://ift.tt/2NKs4tC
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Showcasing the Rover at the Perseverance Engineering and Technology Overview
During the Mars Perseverance engineering and technology overview on Feb. 16, 2021, chief engineer Adam Steltzner displays a rover wheel. https://ift.tt/3u6YK1k
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance
The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. https://ift.tt/3puOo7O
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs on Earth to Find Life on Mars
If we find life on the Red Planet, we'll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank. https://ift.tt/3qv8rEA
Monday, February 15, 2021
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Friday, February 12, 2021
Bernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker
A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk in February 1995, . https://ift.tt/3u2vCbE
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Crystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station
There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each one of them holds important information related to our health. https://ift.tt/3jCCWG9
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The Coalsack Nebula
This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. https://ift.tt/3aTsFRW
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Sunrise Over the Pacific
This view of a sunrise breaking through the Earth's horizon was taken as the International Space Station orbited 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Chile. https://ift.tt/2YYoePY
Monday, February 8, 2021
Jeanette Epps: Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer
In this image from 2018, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps trains in a U.S. spacesuit at the Johnson Space Center. https://ift.tt/3rwM9Cv
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021
Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud
The tip of the "wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this view from NASA's Great Observatories. https://ift.tt/3tuRPPf
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Apollo 14 Arrives in Lunar Orbit on Feb. 4, 1971
Apollo 14 arrived n lunar orbit on Feb. 4, 1971 to prepare for the landing in and exploration of the Fra Mauro highlands. https://ift.tt/39OY4p2
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Seeing Our Moon from the Space Station
The waning gibbous moon is pictured the day after its full Moon phase as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above China near the Mongolian border. https://ift.tt/3ayzjwL
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Works to Upgrade the Station
Victor Glover, who has accumulated 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 aircraft, over 400 carrier arrested landings and 24 combat missions, took his first spacewalk on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. https://ift.tt/3oHbrMu
Monday, February 1, 2021
Remembering STS-107 and Her Crew
The STS-107 crewmembers strike a ‘flying’ pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. https://ift.tt/3jhUpUd
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