Thursday, September 29, 2022

Neptune Shows Off Its Rings in Near-Infrared Light


On Sept. 21, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years. https://ift.tt/98IRXWB

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With a high of 83F and a low of 71F.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Ellen Ochoa Suits Up


Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water survival training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in 2001. https://ift.tt/VAmJR25

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With a high of 82F and a low of 70F.

DART Team Celebrates Successful Collision


In this image from Sept. 26, 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, and guests at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory cheer as they receive confirmation of DART’s collision with Dimorphos. https://ift.tt/i4D6GUy

Monday, September 26, 2022

Golden DART’s Galactic Unboxing


Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from a shipping container onto a work stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in this image from Oct. 4, 2021. https://ift.tt/QTViKkO

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With a high of 84F and a low of 69F.

Friday, September 23, 2022

John W. Young’s Lunar Salute


Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 spacewalk. https://ift.tt/SyrjXtB

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With a high of 80F and a low of 69F.

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Endeavour Gets a Piggyback Ride


Our Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston in this Sept. 20, 2012, image. https://ift.tt/T7Gv4AW

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With a high of 81F and a low of 69F.

Frank Rubio Trains for Spacewalk


In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks. https://ift.tt/HQ29k7t

Monday, September 19, 2022

A Stormy Stellar Nursery


This cloudy, turbulent scene shows a stellar nursery within the Large Magellanic Cloud known as N159. https://ift.tt/kxjMe5J

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With a high of 80F and a low of 70F.

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Michael E. López-Alegría Poses During Spacewalk


Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular activity on Oct. 18, 2000. https://ift.tt/nZqOdVv

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

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

A Bird's-Eye View of the Vehicle Assembly Base


A little blue heron is seen in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://ift.tt/JTb9Y6L

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

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Snowcapped Mountains in Western China


The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022. https://ift.tt/k8PrEhD

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

Monday, September 12, 2022

Reflecting on President Kennedy's Moonshot Speech


On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston. https://ift.tt/KHXCLTZ

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

Friday, September 9, 2022

Mediterranean Cities Light Up the Night


This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 261 miles above looks across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to southern Europe. https://ift.tt/2pKbriL

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With a high of 82F and a low of 72F.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Voyager 1’s Mission to the Outer Planet Begins


The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time. https://ift.tt/s7TQp1J

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With a high of 82F and a low of 73F.

Friday, September 2, 2022

The Crater Farm


Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA's Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. https://ift.tt/Ey3GzAa

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With a high of 89F and a low of 74F.