Friday, March 31, 2023

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 94F and a low of 65F.

NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Sets Record


Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks. https://ift.tt/8YyefdX

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Crew-4’s Museum Field Trip


NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Bob Hines, right, take in the view from the interactive recreation of the International Space Station’s cupola in the One World Connected gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on March 28, 2023. https://ift.tt/oNWAnwF

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 94F and a low of 67F.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 96F and a low of 65F.

Earth’s Radiant Atmosphere


The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. https://ift.tt/pL8Qmbo

Friday, March 24, 2023

Working on Artemis II


A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023, image. https://ift.tt/Rjlck39

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 95F and a low of 64F.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Celebrating Women in STEM


Deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Christyl Johnson, speaks during a panel discussion as part of a Women’s History Month program, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Wednesday, March 22, 2023. https://ift.tt/edMNHRv

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 92F and a low of 66F.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Space Station Star Trail


Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/wCeF1rP

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 92F and a low of 67F.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Louisiana’s Rice Fields


This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana. https://ift.tt/zjYOhyG

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 91F and a low of 66F.

Monday, March 20, 2023

Galactic Giants Titan and Saturn


Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, looks quite small in comparison to the giant planet behind it in this natural color view from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. https://ift.tt/31F0gUR

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 89F and a low of 66F.

Friday, March 17, 2023

Venus' Volcano


Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface. https://ift.tt/j80NpEa

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 89F and a low of 66F.

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Sunrise Over the Pacific


An orbital sunrise reveals cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above on Feb. 10, 2023. https://ift.tt/ilpzYFI

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 89F and a low of 69F.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Diana Trujillo Sparks Students' Curiosity


Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, speaks to them on March 13, 2023. https://ift.tt/zD2NZrc

Isolated Thunderstorms tomorrow!



With a high of 91F and a low of 69F.

Monday, March 13, 2023

Crew-5’s Nighttime Splashdown


The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023. https://ift.tt/eTkjX34

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 96F and a low of 73F.

Friday, March 10, 2023

Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral


The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. https://ift.tt/a4kf1WG

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 95F and a low of 70F.

A Sliver of the Sun


The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Aug. 21, 2017. https://ift.tt/g8aZlIf

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Eileen Collins, Discovery Pilot


Former astronaut Eileen Collins sits at the pilot’s station aboard space shuttle Discovery during a hotfiring procedure on Feb. 2, 1995. https://ift.tt/Y9mhLFC

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 93F and a low of 69F.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Dumbbell Nebula Pumps Out Light Show


Infrared light surges out from the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27, in this Aug. 10, 2011, image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. https://ift.tt/9XrJm6g

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 92F and a low of 71F.

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 97F and a low of 73F.

NASA's ER-2 Flying High


A NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft soars upward at the L.A. county airshow in this image from Mar. 25, 2023. https://ift.tt/iKMkdzb

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Pre-Dawn Launch for Crew-6


A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries the company's Dragon spacecraft with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission members aboard in this five-minute long exposure taken on Thursday, March 2, 2023. https://ift.tt/eCPcq6O

Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 97F and a low of 71F.

Venus, Jupiter, Moon Shine from Space Station


Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of the Earth’s crescent, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (from top to bottom) on Aug. 6, 2015, while he was aboard the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/6JHPdY5