Posted on April 6, 2017
How Many Moons Does Uranus Have?
How many moons does Uranus (Your Anus) have?
Two. One from the left cheek and one from the right cheek.
Posted on April 5, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft’s Grand Finale Dive
This illustration shows NASA’s Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission’s grand finale. Cassini will make 22 orbits that swoop between the rings and the planet before ending its mission on Sept. 15, 2017, with a final plunge into Saturn.
April 05, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oCWUXh
Posted on April 4, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station View of Auroras
Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed brightly glowing auroras from his vantage point aboard the International Space Station on March 27, 2017. Pesquet wrote, “The view at night recently has been simply magnificent: few clouds, intense auroras. I can’t look away from the windows.”
April 04, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2nYJfZv
Posted on April 3, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Sliver of Saturn
Although only a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit face is visible in this view, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates the view.
April 03, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2oug9lG
Posted on March 31, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) in 1962. She was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA. She had oversight for the planning and development of programs including the Hubble Space Telescope.
March 31, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2ohUxc9
Posted on March 30, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Robotics Work on Space Station Set Up Thursday Spacewalk
The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) is in the grip of the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm during its relocation and attachment to the station’s Harmony module on March 26,2017. A spacewalk by NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, which began at 7:29 a.m., will finalize the PMA-3 cable connections on Harmony.
March 30, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2nzAyCU
Posted on March 30, 2017
Every Night I Look at the Sky
“Every night I look at the sky I wonder how someone can penetrate Uranus.”
Posted on March 29, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Splitting of the Dunes
The mound in the center of this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image appears to have blocked the path of the dunes as they marched south (north is to the left in this image) across the scene. Smaller dunes run perpendicular to some of the larger-scale dunes, probably indicating a shift in wind directions in this area.
March 29, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2nAjle8
Posted on March 28, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft
Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA is seen floating outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk. Pesquet and Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA conducted the six-hour-and-34-minute spacewalk on March 24, 2017. A second spacewalk, by Kimbrough and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is scheduled for Thursday, March 30.
March 28, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2nwyygv
Posted on March 27, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’
This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian “galaxy” of swirling storms.
March 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2o23lmK
