As a payload communications manager Penny J. Pettigrew spends most days in the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall Space Flight Center. https://ift.tt/2QWeFjZ
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Exploring the Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche
Set to launch next year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. https://ift.tt/3szPnWI
Monday, March 29, 2021
Nearest Exoplanet to Our Solar System
This artist's concept is of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani. https://ift.tt/39qrCJ7
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
Expedition 65 Crew Press Conference
Expedition 65 backup and prime crew members are seen during a press conference. https://ift.tt/3d5Jdaw
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Frosty Sand Dunes of Mars
A field of sand dunes occupies this frosty 5-kilometer diameter crater in the high-latitudes of the northern plains of Mars. https://ift.tt/3ciF6sn
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Kate Rubins Works to Upgrade the Space Station
This image, taken on March 5, 2021, shows NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during a spacewalk to install solar array modification kits on the station. https://ift.tt/3lUvXti
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Vision of a Stellar Ending
More than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life. https://ift.tt/3lLvWb4
Monday, March 22, 2021
Exploring the Earth's Water
NASA has investigated humanity's impact on a number of our home planet's natural resources and recently explored our impact on freshwater resources. https://ift.tt/3lAAK2Q
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Friday, March 19, 2021
Saturn's Spring
Spring doesn't just hapen on Earth. Spring also happens on some of our neighboring planets in the solar system. https://ift.tt/38TcSCb
Thursday, March 18, 2021
March 18, 1978: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives for Vibration Testing
On March 18, 1978, space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing. https://ift.tt/2OD9Xac
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)
An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. https://ift.tt/3lnCRqF
Hubble Shows Us the Future
Sometime in the far distant future, about 4 billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as illustrated in this artist rendition. https://ift.tt/38NuQpJ
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Friday, March 12, 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Works on Station's Solar Arrays
During the March 5, 2021, spacewalk, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi spent nearly 7 hours working on the space station. https://ift.tt/3rDwtxV
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Portrait of a Nebula
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield). https://ift.tt/3qwIT9q
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Stacking Complete for Twin Space Launch System Rocket Boosters
Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission. https://ift.tt/2Of0VQm
Monday, March 8, 2021
Electrical Engineer and NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham
At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women. https://ift.tt/2OfgFCX
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Friday, March 5, 2021
Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris
This artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections. https://ift.tt/3edfa2Q
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Hubble: 30 Years and Counting
It's March 2021 and in about another month the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe. https://ift.tt/2NTSNoo
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
NASA and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
Did you know that NASA's Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge? https://ift.tt/2MIyHNb
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Kelly Latimer: Dryden's First Female Research Test Pilot
Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center. https://ift.tt/3uP1e50
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