Posted on March 15, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s Webb Telescope Ghostly ‘Lights Out’ Inspection
The technicians who are inspecting the telescope and its expansive golden mirrors look like ghostly wraiths in this image as they conduct a “lights out inspection” in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility (SSDIF) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
March 15, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2n006uB
Posted on March 14, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Traffic-free and Sky-high
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of cloud streets over the Barents Sea and Mezhdusharsky Island on March 7, 2017. Such formations occur frequently in the region in late winter.
March 14, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2mJ59z3
Posted on March 13, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Big One
Mimas’ gigantic crater Herschel lies near the moon’s limb in this Cassini view.
March 13, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2mDR6el
Posted on March 10, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Hones In on a Hypergiant’s Home
The super star cluster Westerlund 1, only 15,000 light-years away in our Milky Way neighborhood, hosts one of the largest stars ever discovered.
March 10, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2mr5mVH
Posted on March 9, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
March 09, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2lHA9jX
Posted on March 9, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
March 09, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2m6ypNA
Posted on March 9, 2017
The Best Way to Study Uranus
“The best way to study Uranus is without a telescope.”
Posted on March 8, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Women Scientists at NASA in January 1959
January 1959. Women Scientists Lucille Coltrane, Jean Clark Keating, Katherine Cullie Speegle, Doris ‘Dot’ Lee, Ruth Whitman, and Emily Stephens Mueller.
March 08, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2mYY7ri
Posted on March 7, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: A Mass of Viscous Flow Features
Viscous, lobate flow features are commonly found at the bases of slopes in the mid-latitudes of Mars, and are often associated with gullies.
March 07, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2mBvH63
Posted on March 6, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around CYGNUS.
In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK CYGNUS pressurized cargo module is secured the KAMAG transporter and the crane has been removed.
March 06, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2lTI4H3