Posted on September 22, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Soaring Over Jupiter
This striking image of Jupiter was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant planet. September 22, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2xzDw1k
Posted on September 21, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: X-plane Preliminary Design Model Tests Quiet Supersonic Technology
Test Engineer Samantha O’Flaherty finalizes the set-up of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) Preliminary Design Model inside the 14- by- 22 Foot Subsonic Tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center. The QueSST Preliminary Design is the initial design stage… Read More
Posted on September 20, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Thermal Image of Hurricane Maria
The VIIRS instrument on NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a thermal image of Hurricane Maria on Sept. 20 at 2:12 a.m. EDT. The image showed very cold cloud top temperatures in the powerful thunderstorms in Maria’s eyewall. Maria’s… Read More
Posted on September 19, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Northern Lights Over Canada
The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted from the International Space Station near the highest point of its orbital path. The station’s main solar arrays are seen in the left foreground. This photograph… Read More
Posted on September 18, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Long Way From Home
This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon – the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft – was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA’s Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers)… Read More
Posted on September 15, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Cassini End of Mission
Cassini program manager at JPL, Earl Maize, left, and spacecraft operations team manager for the Cassini mission at Saturn, Julie Webster embrace after the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory… Read More
Posted on September 14, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Orion Parachutes Measure Up in High Pressure Test
Orion’s three main orange and white parachutes help a representative model of the spacecraft descend through sky above Arizona, where NASA engineers tested the parachute system on Sept. 13, 2017, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma…. Read More
Posted on September 13, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dreamy Swirls on Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gazed toward the northern hemisphere of Saturn to spy subtle, multi-hued bands in the clouds there. September 13, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2jppZUF
Posted on September 12, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 53 Launches to the International Space Station
The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft launches with Expedition 53 crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, (Kazakh time) (Sept. 12, U.S…. Read More
Posted on September 12, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 53 Crew Waves Farewell
Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, top, flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell before boarding their Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for launch, Tuesday, Sept. 12. Launch… Read More