Posted on May 23, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Artist’s Concept
This illustration depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. The mission, targeted for launch in July/August 2020, takes the next step by not only seeking signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past,… Read More
Posted on May 22, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Slim Crescent of Ice
The low angle of sunlight along the slim crescent of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. May 22, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2rL511T
Posted on May 19, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: CubeSats Deployed Outside Station’s Kibo Lab Module
A pair of CubeSats, with the Earth’s limb in the background, moments after being ejected from a small satellite deployer outside of the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module on Wednesday, May 16, 2017. Over a dozen CubeSats… Read More
Posted on May 18, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: May 18, 1969 – Apollo 10 View of the Earth
A view of Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscured by clouds, nearly all of Mexico north of the… Read More
Posted on May 17, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s IceBridge Wraps Up 2017 Arctic Campaign With Southern Greenland Flight
A fjord in southern Greenland, as seen during Operation IceBridge’s last flight of the 2017 Arctic campaign, on May 12, 2017. This final full science flight, ICESat-2 South, was designed along the ground tracks of NASA’s upcoming ICESat-2,… Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Prepared for Testing at Johnson Space Center
The towering primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stands inside a cleanroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where it will undergo its last cryogenic test before it is launched into space in 2018. In… Read More
Posted on May 15, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Short Shadow
The projection of Saturn’s shadow on the rings grows shorter as Saturn’s season advances toward northern summer. May 15, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2r8XD3z
Posted on May 12, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Rocket Blasts Off During 2017 Student Launch Challenge
Nearly 50 student teams from middle and high schools, colleges and universities in 22 states demonstrated advanced rocketry and engineering skills in NASA’s 2017 Student Launch challenge. Teams spent eight months building and testing rockets designed to fly… Read More
Posted on May 11, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Astronaut Jack Fischer Prepares for Friday Spacewalk
Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA is seen inside the International Space Station in his spacesuit during a fit check, in preparation for a spacewalk on Friday, May 12, 2017. This will be the 200th spacewalk… Read More
Posted on May 10, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: New View of the Crab Nebula
This composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the Spitzer Space Telescope,… Read More