Posted on April 11, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: New Technique For Designing and Manufacturing Heat Shields Under Study
Through NASA’s Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program, a fresh approach to designing and manufacturing heat-thwarting thermal protection systems – or heatshields – for spacecraft is being developed and tested, offering the promise of fabricating larger tile sizes… Read More
Posted on April 10, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 50 Soyuz MS-02 Landing
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017… Read More
Posted on April 7, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: When Jovian Light and Dark Collide
This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, highlights a feature on Jupiter where multiple atmospheric conditions appear to collide. April 07, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2o5rTs1
Posted on April 6, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Interment of John Glenn at Arlington National Cemetery
A horse drawn caisson carries former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn to his final resting place during the interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Virginia. Glenn was the first American to… Read More
Posted on April 5, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft’s Grand Finale Dive
This illustration shows NASA’s Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission’s grand finale. Cassini will make 22 orbits that swoop between the rings and the… Read More
Posted on April 4, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station View of Auroras
Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed brightly glowing auroras from his vantage point aboard the International Space Station on March 27, 2017. Pesquet wrote, “The view at night recently has been… Read More
Posted on April 3, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Sliver of Saturn
Although only a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit face is visible in this view, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates the view. April 03, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oug9lG
Posted on March 31, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) in 1962. She was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to… Read More
Posted on March 30, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Robotics Work on Space Station Set Up Thursday Spacewalk
The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) is in the grip of the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm during its relocation and attachment to the station’s Harmony module on March 26,2017. A spacewalk by NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and… Read More
Posted on March 29, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Splitting of the Dunes
The mound in the center of this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image appears to have blocked the path of the dunes as they marched south (north is to the left in this image) across the scene. Smaller dunes run… Read More