Posted on October 10, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Where Does the Sand Come From?
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (MRO) shows one possible place where sand grains are being produced on Mars today.
October 10, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2yUEv9G
Posted on October 6, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Suited Up for a Day’s Work
Astronaut Randy Bresnik conducts a spacewalk on October 5.
October 06, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2y0CIR2
Posted on October 5, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: First Meeting of the National Space Council
Members of the National Space Council are seen during the council’s first meeting on Oct. 5 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The council, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence heard testimony from representatives from civil space, commercial space, and national security space industry representatives.
October 05, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2yrxjWh
Posted on October 4, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Oct. 4, 1957 – Sputnik, the Dawn of the Space Age
History changed on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball, about 23 inches in diameter and weighing less than 190 pounds.
October 04, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2hNf1Yq
Posted on October 3, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: It’s Planting Season on the International Space Station
It’s planting season on the International Space Station! NASA astronaut Joe Acaba prepared the Veggie facility for three different kinds of lettuce seeds as part of the VEG-03-D investigation. This is the first time seeds from multiple kinds of plants are being grown in the facility all at the same time.
October 03, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2yVNLLC
Posted on October 2, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Goodbye to the Dark Side
Stunning views like this image of Saturn’s night side are only possible thanks to our robotic emissaries like Cassini.
October 02, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2hHltR0
Posted on September 29, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: 95 Minutes Over Jupiter
This sequence of color-enhanced images shows how quickly the viewing geometry changes for NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it swoops by Jupiter.
September 28, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2yMOui7
Posted on September 28, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: This Week in NASA History: Second Crewed Skylab Mission Splashes Down – Sept. 25, 1973
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following a successful 59-day mission in the orbiting laboratory.
September 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2wWUaUt
Posted on September 27, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Rift on Pine Island Glacier
A new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where ice from the interior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured this natural-color image on September 21, 2017, just before the break.
September 27, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2yGFCud
Posted on September 26, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: OSIRIS-REx Views the Earth During Flyby
A color composite image of Earth was taken on Sept. 22, 2017, by the MapCam camera on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
September 26, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2xD7UHx
