Posted on April 27, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Cassini Captures Closest Images of Saturn’s Atmosphere
Cassini Captures Closest Images of Saturn’s Atmosphere
April 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2ozjMHC
Posted on April 26, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Cygnus Spacecraft Approaches Space Station in the Sunset
On Saturday April 22, 2017, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Using the station’s robotic Canadarm2, Cygnus was successfully captured by Pesquet and Commander Peggy Whitson at 6:05 a.m. EDT Saturday morning.
April 26, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2qf1WWY
Posted on April 25, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom
It’s springtime and the deployed primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope looks like a spring flower in full bloom. Once launched into space, the Webb telescope’s 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe.
April 25, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oDRs37
Posted on April 24, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets Spaceflight Record
534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut at 1:27 a.m. EDT on April 24, 2017, and with the recent extension of her stay at the International Space Station, she has five months to rack up a new one.
April 24, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2pcSZQM
Posted on April 21, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth
NASA’s fleet of 18 Earth science missions in space, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations, measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person around the world. This visualization shows the NASA fleet in 2017.
April 21, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2plZ9yK
Posted on April 20, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 51 Launch to the International Space Station
The Soyuz MS-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 1:13 p.m. Baikonur time carrying NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
April 20, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oq0hxi
Posted on April 20, 2017
Did You Know?
“Did you know that the Earth is about 4 times smaller than Uranus?”
Posted on April 20, 2017
Due to All of the Sick and Twisted Jokes
“Due to all of the sick and twisted jokes about Uranus, we’ve changed the planet’s name to Urectum.”
Posted on April 19, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes has revealed details about this giant black hole.
April 19, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oOFlkG
