Posted on July 5, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: This Week in NASA History: Apollo AS-203 Launches — July 5, 1966
This week in 1966, the AS-203 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo AS-203 mission was an uncrewed test of the vehicle’s second stage, the S-IVB stage, and the instrument unit of the Saturn V to obtain flight information under orbital conditions.
July 05, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sFZqP6
Posted on July 4, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Happy Fourth of July From the Space Station
NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson celebrated the Fourth of July from over 250 miles above Earth on the International Space Station. Fischer shared this photo on social media and said, “We sometimes have issues standing up straight, but we have no problems at all showing our American pride-Happy 4th!”
July 04, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2umrzrV
Posted on July 3, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dragon Returns Space Station Science to Earth
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed the SpaceX Dragon capsule as it reentered Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California at 8:12 a.m. EDT, July 3, 2017. Fischer commented, “Beautiful expanse of stars-but the “long” orange one is SpaceX-11 reentering!”
July 03, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2t9KQy8
Posted on June 30, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle.
June 30, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2u6EApm
Posted on June 29, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Starry Night and Aurora
Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA photographed the glowing nighttime lights of an aurora from his vantage point in the International Space Station’s cupola module on June 19, 2017. Part of the station’s solar array is also visible.
June 29, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2s5Udf4
Posted on June 28, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Niagara Falls of Mars
Various researchers are often pre-occupied with the quest for flowing water on Mars.
June 28, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2shuEvD
Posted on June 27, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: As the Sun Rises, NASA’s Global Hawk is Being Prepared for Flight
Hot summer days in Southern California’s Antelope Valley force many aircraft operations to start early in the morning before the sun rises. On a back ramp at Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, a NASA Global Hawk goes through testing of its communication components and satellite connection links in preparation for flight.
June 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sX9zUG
Posted on June 26, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Saturnian Dawn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.
June 26, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sIzUaw
Posted on June 23, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Uses Gravitational Lens to Capture Disk Galaxy
By combining the power of a “natural lens” in space with the capability of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprising discovery—the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang.
June 23, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2t2PLCd
Posted on June 22, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The White Cliffs of ‘Rover’
This image was acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on April 18, 2017, at 14:04 local Mars time. It reminded the HiRISE team of the rugged and open terrain of a stark shore-line, perhaps of the British Isles.
June 22, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2rGyUke
