To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island. https://ift.tt/9Xk5NAsDh
Monday, January 31, 2022
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
Remembering Challenger and Her Crew
In this image taken in 1985, four members of the Challenger STS-51L crew train on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment. https://ift.tt/34chsw2
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Remembering Apollo 1
On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). https://ift.tt/3AA4WT8
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
X-59 Wind Tunnel Testing at NASA Glenn
This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane. https://ift.tt/3qZQDnI
Monday, January 24, 2022
Studying the ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designing mission concepts to survive the planet's extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure. https://ift.tt/3tOQC82
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Friday, January 21, 2022
Hubble Sights a Sail of Stars
The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in the constellation Vela and is roughly 115 light-years away from Earth. https://ift.tt/3GS95UL
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Peering Through a Window to the World
In this image from Jan. 9, 2022, NASA astronaut Kayla Barron peered out from a window inside the International Space Station's cupola. https://ift.tt/3fJcHN2
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Remembering Trailblazing Pilot Charles McGee
Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee, left, spoke with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew in 2020. https://ift.tt/3fFZJPW
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Drilling Holes on the Red Planet
This image shows the Highfield drill hole, on Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale crater on Mars, made by NASA’s Curiosity rover in its search for rock samples. Just recently, scientists announced that an analysis of rock samples collected by the rover were enriched in carbon 12, a type of carbon that on Earth is associated with biological processes. https://ift.tt/33Lq3pc
Monday, January 17, 2022
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Color Explosion; Beautiful Earth
This image, captured by the Landsat-8 satellite, shows the view over Western Australia on May 12, 2013. https://ift.tt/31U4mmi
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Baby Stars in the Orion Constellation
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174. https://ift.tt/3K2lQ0Z
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Has a Leak
Our Milky Way's central black hole has a leak. https://ift.tt/3Gn3eGP
Monday, January 10, 2022
Sidney Poitier's Visit to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Legendary actor and diplomat, Sidney Poitier, visited JPL in 1979. https://ift.tt/3r6Dc4a
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Friday, January 7, 2022
Waiting to Unfold
This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope atop its launch vehicle, but before it was encapsulated in the rocket fairing. https://ift.tt/3t4DYkR
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Hubble Spots Star-Hatching frEGGs!
This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. https://ift.tt/3JN7stp
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
NASA’s X-59 Kicks Off 2022 in Texas for Ground Testing
2021 saw significant milestones achieved in the assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST), and all eyes now look forward to a pivotal 2022. https://ift.tt/3qStP81
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
NASA Headquarters Photographers Pick Their Best
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen at Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. https://ift.tt/31o9Khg
Monday, January 3, 2022
The James Webb Telescope Lights Up the Sky During Launch
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, launched aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. https://ift.tt/3pLdlzo
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Saturday, January 1, 2022
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