Posted on August 27, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Speeding Towards Jupiter’s Pole
Jupiter’s north polar region is coming into view as NASA’s Juno spacecraft approaches the giant planet. This view of Jupiter was taken on August 27, when Juno was 437,000 miles (703,000 kilometers) away. The Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter.
August 27, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bIW01K
Posted on August 26, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Katherine Johnson at NASA Langley Research Center
NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center. Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in White Sulphur Springs, WV, Johnson worked at Langley from 1953 until her retirement in 1986, making critical technical contributions which included calculating the trajectory of Alan Shepard’s historic 1961 flight.
August 26, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bThBp5
Posted on August 25, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station View of Grand Canyon National Park
To celebrate the centennial of the U.S National Park Service, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA has taken hundreds of images of national parks from his vantage point in low Earth orbit, aboard the International Space Station. Here, a series of Williams’ photographs are assembled into this composite image of the Grand Canyon.
August 25, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bA2l1U
Posted on August 24, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: New NASA Record Holder For Cumulative Days in Space
On Aug. 24, 2016, Station Commander Jeff Williams passed astronaut Scott Kelly, also a former station commander, for most cumulative days living and working in space by a NASA astronaut (520 days and counting). Williams is scheduled to land Sept. 6, 2016, for a record total of 534 days in space.
August 24, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bnkEWE
Posted on August 22, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: A Moon’s Contrasts
Dione reveals its past via contrasts in this view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
August 22, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bpUFzx
Posted on August 19, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Spacewalkers Successfully Install New Docking Adapter for Commercial Crew Flights
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams (shown here) and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA successfully installed the first of two international docking adapters Friday Aug. 19, 2016, during a five hour and 58-minute spacewalk. On Sept. 1, the two astronauts will spacewalk outside the space station for the second time in less than two weeks.
August 23, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bcild3
Posted on August 19, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Fuselage of NASA’s Future X-57 Maxwell All-Electric Aircraft
As NASA celebrates National Aviation Day, the agency’s innovators are working to transform air transportation to meet the future needs of the global aviation community. The agency is embarking on a 10-year plan, New Aviation Horizons, that will see NASA field a number of experimental aircraft to demonstrate 21st century ideas for flight.
August 19, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2bjfrkf
Posted on August 18, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Plugging Away Inside Massive SLS Fuel Tank: Welders Complete Final Plug Fusion Welds on SLS Liquid Hydrogen Tank
Welders inside a large liquid hydrogen tank for NASA’s Space Launch System at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are plugging holes left after the tank was assembled.
August 18, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2b3ycaU
Posted on August 17, 2016
NASA Image of the Day: Supernova Ejected from the Pages of History
A new look at the debris from an exploded star in our galaxy has astronomers re-examining when the supernova actually happened.
August 17, 2016 from NASA http://ift.tt/2aZURrp
