Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Flora, Fauna at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center


In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA's Kennedy Space Center. https://ift.tt/1St7iuT

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With a high of 88F and a low of 63F.

Monday, January 30, 2023

Volcanic Plumes in Chile


Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023. The gases come from a series of minor explosions—called Strombolian eruptions—that have been ongoing at Villarrica since October 2022. https://ift.tt/Must0Re

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With a high of 89F and a low of 65F.

Saturday, January 28, 2023

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With a high of 88F and a low of 63F.

Day of Remembrance


NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial. https://ift.tt/e5w6hb3

Hubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula


The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. https://ift.tt/mIrDc40

Thursday, January 26, 2023

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With a high of 90F and a low of 62F.

President Reagan Calls for Space Station


On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station. https://ift.tt/LYkQW0p

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Astronaut Nicole Mann Makes Her First Spacewalk


Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure. https://ift.tt/Wu7wTyb

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With a high of 88F and a low of 66F.

Webb Unveils Dark Side


An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud. https://ift.tt/zqS50T4

Friday, January 20, 2023

Suiting Up for Their First Spacewalk


Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are pictured on Jan. 12, 2023, during a fit check of their spacesuits inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system. https://ift.tt/UJZDqCO

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With a high of 89F and a low of 60F.

Thursday, January 19, 2023

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With a high of 90F and a low of 60F.

Snowy Celestial Mountains


Snow and ice cover mountains of the Tien Shan range in this photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 9, 2022. https://ift.tt/2jCY1kM

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

A Well-traveled Beagle


Snoopy, the zero gravity indicator that flew aboard Orion during the Artemis I mission, wears a smile after being unpacked from his transport case on Jan. 5, 2023. https://ift.tt/KpZPY7E

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With a high of 90F and a low of 61F.

Friday, January 13, 2023

Atlanta Shines at Night


Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city. https://ift.tt/j4LlQkf

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With a high of 88F and a low of 58F.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Fun with Fluid Physics


NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is all smiles as he observes the behavior of a free-flying water bubble inside the International Space Station's (ISS) Kibo laboratory module on Oct. 10, 2022. https://ift.tt/hVgBTAv

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With a high of 87F and a low of 56F.

Inspecting Orion


The Artemis I Orion capsule is secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from Jan. 6, 2023. https://ift.tt/DSNjwFT

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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With a high of 88F and a low of 57F.

Space Station Peek


NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann peers through one of the seven windows in the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world" on Jan. 2, 2023. https://ift.tt/sl52KiC

Saturday, January 7, 2023

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With a high of 86F and a low of 58F.

Prepping to Study the World’s Water


The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft is in this early morning photo from Dec. 14, 2022, as preparations for launch continued. https://ift.tt/iu6WeTk

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Space Station Swings by Kennedy


On April 8, 2022, this 30-second exposure captured the International Space Station as it passed over the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://ift.tt/ibUroZl

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With a high of 87F and a low of 66F.

Crew Recovers SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance


Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed on Friday, May 6, 2022 with Crew-3 NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer aboard. https://ift.tt/nFUCAH1

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Bird, Rocket Prepare for Flight at Kennedy Space Center


An osprey is seen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as launch preparations continued Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://ift.tt/A6ualIt

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With a high of 88F and a low of 65F.