Posted on November 6, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber
As Cassini hurtled toward its fatal encounter with Saturn, the spacecraft turned to catch this final look at Saturn’s moon Pandora next to the thin line of the F ring. November 06, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2AdCOF7
Posted on November 3, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches
NASA is performing a series of tests to evaluate how astronauts and ground crew involved in final preparations before Orion missions will quickly get out of the spacecraft, if an emergency were to occur on the pad prior… Read More
Posted on November 2, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Revealing What Lies Beneath
This false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity Mars rover’s Mast Camera (Mastcam) can reveal the presence of certain minerals in target rocks. T November 02, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2ioVgTK
Posted on November 1, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: From Hot to Hottest
This sequence of images shows the Sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken at about the same time on Oct. 27, 2017. November 01, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2iURKVn
Posted on October 31, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Learning to Walk Before Heading to Space
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is suspended over a mock-up of the International Space Station during a microgravity simulation. October 31, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2xGWGjb
Posted on October 30, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Viewing Australia’s Great Sandy Desert From Space
Flying hundreds miles above, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes are peppered throughout the arid Australian Outback. October 30, 2017 from… Read More
Posted on October 27, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Digs into Cosmic Archaeology
This Hubble infrared image is part of an observing program that imaged 41 massive galaxy clusters to find the brightest distant galaxies for theJames Webb Space Telescope to study. October 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2zIrErL
Posted on October 26, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Studying the Genetics of Organisms in Space
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, organisms in a Petri plate are exposed to blue excitation lighting in a Spectrum prototype unit. NASA scientists and engineers are developing experiments to determine how different organisms, such as plants, microbes or… Read More
Posted on October 25, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Astronauts on Third and Final Spacewalk in October Series
NASA astronauts Joe Acaba (left) and Randy Bresnik (right) at work outside the International Space Station on Oct. 20, 2017, in the third of a series of three planned spacewalks. The two astronauts successfully completed the 6 hour,… Read More
Posted on October 24, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Remembering Astronaut Paul Weitz
In this June 1973 photo, astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount. Weitz, who also commanded the STS-6 shuttle mission and served as Deputy Director of Johnson… Read More