Posted on August 29, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Aug. 29, 1965 – Gemini V Crew Returns to Earth
Gemini V command pilot Gordon Cooper (right) and Charles “Pete” Conrad, pilot, walk across the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain following their spacecraft’s recovery from the ocean on Aug. 29, 1965. The eight-day Gemini V endurance mission doubled America’s spaceflight record set two months earlier.
August 29, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2x1awPF
Posted on August 28, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Supersonic Flight Campaign Continues at Kennedy Space Center
A NASA F-18 jet takes off from the agency’s Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 23, 2017. The F-18 jets fly at supersonic speeds while agency researchers measure the effects of low-altitude turbulence caused by sonic booms, part of NASA’s Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or SonicBAT II Program.
August 28, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2xGKj62
Posted on August 25, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Hurricane Harvey, Seen From the Cupola of the International Space Station
On August 25, 2017, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed Hurricane Harvey from the cupola module aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast. The Expedition 52 crew on the station has been tracking this storm for the past two days and capturing Earth observation photographs and videos.
August 25, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2wOiueR
Posted on August 24, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: A World of Snowy Dunes on Mars
It was spring in the Northern hemisphere when this image was taken on May 21, 2017, by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Over the winter, snow and ice have inexorably covered the dunes. Unlike on Earth, this snow and ice is carbon dioxide, better known to us as dry ice.
August 24, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2wBqmRy
Posted on August 23, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: The Eclipse 2017 Umbra Viewed from Space
As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the umbra, or moon’s shadow passed over them, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.
August 23, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2v5PxeW
Posted on August 22, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Saturn-lit Tethys
Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side is illuminated by Saturnshine, or sunlight reflected by the planet.
August 21, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2w11uQk
Posted on August 21, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Glory of the Heavens
This composite image shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse over Ross Lake, in Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
August 21, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2v8Z9Bi
Posted on August 18, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Atlas V Rocket and TDRS-M
As the Sun rises at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket vents liquid oxygen propellant vapors during fueling for the lift off of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M.
August 18, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2uPitaN
Posted on August 17, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Jupiter: A New Point of View
This striking Jovian vista was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
August 17, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2vLOn5u
Posted on August 16, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Space Station Flight Over the Bahamas
One of the most recognizable points on the Earth for astronauts to photograph is the Bahamas. Randy Bresnik of NASA shared this Aug. 13 photo from the International Space Station, saying, “The stunning Bahamas were a real treat for us. The vivid turquoise of the water over the reef was absolutely captivating.”
August 16, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2x4Sg4W
