Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Lacerta’s Star Outshines a Galaxy


A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. https://ift.tt/6EzklwO

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 73F.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

A Peek Into Jupiter’s Inner Life


Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). https://ift.tt/uRMfmkZ

PM Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 87F and a low of 72F.

Monday, August 29, 2022

Early Morning Artemis I


NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams loaded more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. https://ift.tt/a6ES73y

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 86F and a low of 72F.

Friday, August 26, 2022

Apollo 15 Catches Earth on the Horizon


This view of the crescent Earth over the Moon's horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. https://ift.tt/ZxIvszy

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 84F and a low of 70F.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

NASA T-38s Soar Over Artemis I


​T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, making pilots and mission specialists think quicky in changing situations. https://ift.tt/gLKEozf

PM Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 84F and a low of 71F.

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Milky Way Time Lapse


This time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy taken from the International Space Station (ISS) also captured a lightning strike on Earth so bright that it lights up the space station’s solar panels. https://ift.tt/Tdt2rbj

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 82F and a low of 71F.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The Historic X-1E Looks Forward


The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA's experimental X-1 series of aircraft. https://ift.tt/FBnQvsg

Scattered Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 80F and a low of 71F.

Monday, August 22, 2022

NASA's Europa Clipper in High Bay 1


The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. https://ift.tt/xyW42DI

Scattered Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 80F and a low of 72F.

Friday, August 19, 2022

Moon Over New Orleans


A paddlewheeler makes its way up the Mississippi River as the moon rises over New Orleans on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, 2021. https://ift.tt/fSdGXnA

Scattered Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 81F and a low of 72F.

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Voyager 1 Sees the Great Red Spot


Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. https://ift.tt/fa4OsA6

Thundershowers tomorrow!



With a high of 80F and a low of 72F.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

We Are Going: Artemis I on Launch Pad


NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://ift.tt/TdIb5pW

Showers tomorrow!



With a high of 80F and a low of 71F.

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Perennial Perseids


The Perseid meteors are an annual event many skywatchers look forward to, as they often produce lots of shooting stars to enjoy. https://ift.tt/t7Cx03j

Scattered Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 79F and a low of 71F.

Monday, August 15, 2022

Aquanaut Gets to Work Underwater


A team of roboticists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have applied their expertise in making robots for deep space to designing a fully electric shape-changing submersible robot that will cut costs for maritime industries. https://ift.tt/GYujQMb

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 78F and a low of 71F.

Friday, August 12, 2022

Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape


This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505. https://ift.tt/h20uFmU

Light Rain tomorrow!



With a high of 79F and a low of 72F.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames


In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames. https://ift.tt/V6eQWTx

Rain tomorrow!



With a high of 78F and a low of 72F.

Monday, August 8, 2022

Moon Mosaic


This Moon-mosaic is comprised of 1,231 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC) in the summer of 2018. https://ift.tt/YmOZ8vg

Thundershowers tomorrow!



With a high of 77F and a low of 72F.

Friday, August 5, 2022

Curiosity's Dusty Selfie


Since August 2012, Curiosity has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. The rover has climbed more than 2,000 feet (612 meters), reaching progressively younger rocks that serve as a record on how Mars has evolved from a wet, habitable planet to a cold desert environment. https://ift.tt/mXvPSNH

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 81F and a low of 73F.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Ice Stars


Like distant galaxies amid clouds of interstellar dust, chunks of sea ice drift through graceful swirls of grease ice in the frigid waters of Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. https://ift.tt/1YqQEtx

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 80F and a low of 72F.

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Wildflowers in Bloom at Kennedy Space Center


With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. https://ift.tt/KuNTvUl

Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 83F and a low of 73F.

Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy


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