Today is International Asteroid Day! https://ift.tt/3hBrsCf
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Visualizing Quieter Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms. https://ift.tt/3A7ndXk
Monday, June 28, 2021
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/3dmuKrx
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
Hubble Images a Dazzling Dynamic Duo
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. https://ift.tt/35NG4J8
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Viewing Earth from the Space Station
In this June 2021 image, our Sun's glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above south of western Australia. https://ift.tt/3zWJyqk
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
NASA and ESA Astronauts Continue Installing Space Station Solar Arrays
Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency worked to install new roll out solar arrays on the space station. https://ift.tt/3vMPNdk
Monday, June 21, 2021
Shane Kimbrough Helps Install Solar Array on Space Station
NASA Expedition 65 astronaut Shane Kimbrough is pictured during the Friday, June 18, 2021, spacewalk. https://ift.tt/3wFLt0B
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Galveston from Space
On Monday, June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of liberation became known as Juneteenth. https://ift.tt/3xqL5ms
Thursday, June 17, 2021
New Research Studies Turbulence
In a series of flights between June 1-6, 2021, Stratodynamics Inc. launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider from a high-altitude balloon to study turbulence. https://ift.tt/3guml7j
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A Purposeful Passenger Prepares for Mission Aboard Orion Spacecraft
When NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches around the Moon later this year, a suited manikin will be its passenger. https://ift.tt/3iN1xcW
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Artemis I Space Launch System Core Stage Lift and Mate
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest part of the rocket – onto the mobile launcher. https://ift.tt/3wqZK0Y
Monday, June 14, 2021
Flag Day 2021: Saluting the U.S. Flag
June 14 of each year is celebrated as Flag Day in the U.S. https://ift.tt/35mxosZ
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Friday, June 11, 2021
Earth's Atmospheric Glow and Star Trails
The beauty of our home planet is shown in this long exposure photograph, taken from the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/2TPZUR4
Thursday, June 10, 2021
A Partial Solar Eclipse
A partial solar eclipse is seen as the Sun rises behind the United States Capitol Building, Thursday, June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Virginia. https://ift.tt/3gkWjlS
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Galactic Goulash
One definition for goulash, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is mixture of heterogeneous elements, jumble. This 2017 image of Arp 299 is just that. https://ift.tt/3g6AcAF
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Earth Is a Water World
In this view from aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, a pair of the International Space Station's main solar seemingly arrays drape across the Earth's horizon. https://ift.tt/3v3AHzI
Monday, June 7, 2021
Researching Immune Response on the Space Station
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei works on an investigation of how gravity affects immune response. https://ift.tt/3uTMEI8
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021
Detecting X-Rays From Uranus
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, as shown in this image from March 2021. https://ift.tt/3fN444W
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Administrator Bill Nelson Gives His First State of NASA Address
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks to the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021. https://ift.tt/34IjrVR
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Andres Almeida, NASA Digital Strategist
When NASA digital strategist Andres Almeida joined Twitter in 2009, one of the first accounts he followed was NASA. https://ift.tt/3yQtiqB
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Digital Content Strategist Andres Almeida
"I thought to myself, ‘well, that vehicle took off in not-so-ideal conditions. Things aren’t impossible.’ That’s what led me to pursue this career at NASA.” https://ift.tt/3g45rer
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