Monday, February 28, 2022
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022
Hubble Peers at Peculiar Pair of Galaxies
This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 298, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Arp 298 – which comprises the two galaxies NGC 7469 and IC 5283 – lies roughly 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. https://ift.tt/LH2Cpj0
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Ted Brown: Artist of the Space Age
There are few artists in the aerospace industry whose career was as varied or accomplished as Ted Brown. https://ift.tt/TsvW38p
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Studying Flames in Microgravity
This image from 2020 shows a flame that was one of many ignited as part of the Flame Design investigation on the space station. https://ift.tt/UxKAs09
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Melba Roy Mouton – Mathematician
Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990) was a mathematician and computer programmer in NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division. https://ift.tt/Erx2kjA
Monday, February 21, 2022
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Friday, February 18, 2022
Taking a Selfie on the Red Planet
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, and took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette,” on Sept. 10, 2021. https://ift.tt/YHLINKE
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
NASA Tests the F/A-18E
A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland. https://ift.tt/Zfyu1TJ
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star
This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. https://ift.tt/3mbMJgR
Monday, February 14, 2022
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown: Studying Solar Cells
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown at NASA’s Glenn Research Center leads a study of solar cells made from a material called perovskite. https://ift.tt/MIG1iW9
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Friday, February 11, 2022
Hubble Views a Cosmic Interaction
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair composed of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 169 (bottom) and the galaxy IC 1559 (top). https://ift.tt/RI4FlNs
Voyager's View of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1. https://ift.tt/7JP6QFE
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Mark Vande Hei's Window to the World
Astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's window to the world. https://ift.tt/AbjPqm7
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Daniel G. Nichols
Mathematician Daniel G. Nichols, who worked in the Real-Time Program Development Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, is photographed in NASA's Manned Space Center. https://ift.tt/FISnruw
Monday, February 7, 2022
First Rays of an Orbital Sunrise
Ths January 2022 image shows the first rays of an orbital sunrise as seen from the International Space Station as it orbited above Venezuela. https://ift.tt/3aRD4Bs
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Friday, February 4, 2022
Dark Mode Activated!
Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions. https://ift.tt/7oFAUXy
Thursday, February 3, 2022
R Aquarii: An Expanse of Light
This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red giant. https://ift.tt/PNOsocXmL
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Climate Scientist Dr. Christian Braneon
Dr. Christian Braneon, a climate scientist at NASA GISS, presents data visualizations and the state of current satellite missions to Vice President Kamala Harris. https://ift.tt/XvqYlUj5h
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Lightness of Being: Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew
The bright Sun dissects the airglow above Earth's horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from during the STS-107 mission. https://ift.tt/JFSRXDtaz
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