Posted on November 18, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 50 Crew Launches to the International Space Station
In this one second exposure photograph, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft is seen launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the… Read More
Posted on November 17, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 50 Crew Waves Farewell
Expedition 50 crewmembers ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, top, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, middle, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos wave farewell before boarding their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for launch Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, (Kazakh Time) in Baikonur,… Read More
Posted on November 16, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea
Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon… Read More
Posted on November 15, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: November 15, 1966: Gemini XII Crew Returns to Earth
Following the Gemini XII splashdown on Nov. 15, 1966, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, left, and Jim Lovell are welcomed aboard the recovery aircraft carrier, USS Wasp, concluding their four-day mission. Gemini XII was the final flight of the Gemini… Read More
Posted on November 14, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Supermoon and Expedition 50 Soyuz
The moon, or supermoon, is seen rising behind the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet… Read More
Posted on November 10, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Getting to Know the Getz Ice Shelf
As scientists and crew with NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission prepared for a research flight on Nov. 5, 2016, the weather in Punta Arenas, Chile, was cold, wet, and windy. But when they reached their survey site in West… Read More
Posted on November 9, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Wind Carved Rock on Mars
The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock. Called yardangs, these features are aligned with the prevailing wind direction. This wind direction would… Read More
Posted on November 8, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Election Day 2016
Thanks to a bill passed by Texas legislators that put in place technical voting procedure for astronauts, they have the ability to vote from space through specially designed absentee ballots. To preserve the integrity of the secret vote,… Read More
Posted on November 7, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Ring Details on Display
This view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showcases some of the amazingly detailed structure of Saturn’s rings. November 07, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2eFDPOl
Posted on November 4, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Takes Flight with the Toucan and the Cluster
NGC 299 is an open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away. November 04, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2eGZlQm