Posted on October 6, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station Flyover of Hurricane Matthew
The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low Earth orbit as the storm hit the Caribbean Sea and made its way towards Florida. In this photograph taken by Expedition 49… Read More
Posted on October 5, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti
On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a category-4 storm—the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean nation in more than 50 years. Just hours after landfall, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on… Read More
Posted on October 4, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Rover’s Panorama Taken Amid ‘Murray Buttes’ on Mars
This 360-degree panorama was acquired by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover . October 04, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2du2EL1
Posted on October 3, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: A Trio of Plumes in the South Sandwich Islands
On September 29, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this false-color image (MODIS bands 7-2-1) showing volcanic activity in the South Sandwich Islands. Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, the uninhabited South… Read More
Posted on September 30, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station’s Expandable Habitat
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is seen attached to the Tranquility module of the International Space Station. BEAM is an is an experimental expandable habitat. Expandable habitats, occasionally described as inflatable habitats, greatly decrease the amount of… Read More
Posted on September 29, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder
In this photograph taken on Sept. 1, 2016, the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder structure has been configured for the Thermal Pathfinder Test at NASA Johnson Space Center’s giant thermal vacuum chamber, called Chamber A. The Pathfinder is… Read More
Posted on September 28, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: ‘Pandora’s Cluster’ Seen by Spitzer
This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora’s Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. September 28, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2cWcwMr
Posted on September 27, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Orbiting above eastern North America, a crew member on the International Space Station photographed a dense pattern of eddies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Caught briefly in the Sun’s “glint point,” reflections off the water surface show… Read More
Posted on September 26, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Tectonically Active Planet Mercury
New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal previously undetected small fault scarps— cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. September 26, 2016… Read More
Posted on September 23, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star
This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star’s remaining core. September 23, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2cMFYGB