Saturday, July 31, 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
Taking a Ride on the Moon in the Lunar Roving Vehicle
Apollo 15 Commander David Scott drives the lunar roving vehicle on the surface of the Moon, the first time the rover was used. https://ift.tt/3xeG4NF
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Staring at the Sun
On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and SDO all stared at our Sun. https://ift.tt/3zPxeHC
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Bright Rays and Dark Shadows in a Nearby Galaxy
From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from the blazing core, home of a supermassive black hole. https://ift.tt/3l6bAuw
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Boeing Starliner Secured Atop Atlas V Rocket
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. https://ift.tt/3i5f1zJ
Monday, July 26, 2021
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 15
This image from May 11, 1971, is a high angle view showing the Apollo 15 spacecraft on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A, Launch Complex 39. https://ift.tt/2Tze7Ca
Sunday, July 25, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Friday, July 23, 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021
The Little (Mars) Helicopter That Could
Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars. https://ift.tt/3BtLWWy
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Secured Atop an Atlas V Rocket
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. https://ift.tt/2TodyuU
240,000 Miles to the Moon
On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another celestial body. https://ift.tt/3BicgCZ
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
A Peek Inside the Orion Nebula
This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. https://ift.tt/3hOb4iU
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
A View of the Rings of Saturn
This artist's illustration shows the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. https://ift.tt/2TdSnMb
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Celebrating 5 Years at Jupiter
On July 4, 2016, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant planet’s dense clouds https://ift.tt/3r70uqm
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Honoring the Space Shuttle Closeout Crew Lead
This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program – Travis Thompson, former Closeout Crew Lead. https://ift.tt/2VEJtIn
Monday, July 12, 2021
SpaceX Cargo Dragon Departs the Space Station
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module. https://ift.tt/36K4bch
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Friday, July 9, 2021
Hubble Glimpses a Galactic Duo
Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). https://ift.tt/2Uz17Ng
Thursday, July 8, 2021
This Week in NASA History: Final Launch of Shuttle Program – July 8, 2011
This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/3wtXjdc
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
There's a Starr in the Asteroid Belt
Our birthday wishes for Ringo Starr's 81st birthday are almost boundless. https://ift.tt/3hmAbsZ
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
In Orbit Around a Red Dwarf Star
Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune. https://ift.tt/36hJELS
Monday, July 5, 2021
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Friday, July 2, 2021
Hubble Sees a Cluster of Red, White, and Blue
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. https://ift.tt/3wa5lrz
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center
This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen Chandra observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the Milky Way. https://ift.tt/3hsUGTu
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