Posted on July 19, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: July 14 Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection
A medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection erupted from the same, large active region of the sun on July 14, 2017. The flare lasted almost two hours, quite a long duration. The coils arcing over this active region are particles spiraling along magnetic field lines.
July 19, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2uJ7lf4
Posted on July 18, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Evaluates How Crew Will Exit Orion Spacecraft
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, they’ll still need to safely get out of the spacecraft and back on dry land. Using the waters off the coast of Galveston, a NASA and Department of Defense team tested Orion exit procedures on July 10-14, 2017.
July 18, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2vefiGn
Posted on July 17, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: NASA Langley and the Space Race
Neil Armstrong trained for the Apollo 11 mission at NASA Langley’s Lunar Landing Research Facility on equipment that cancelled all but one-sixth of Earth’s gravitational force. Armstrong offered perhaps the greatest tribute to the importance of his training when asked what it was like to land on the moon, replying, “Like Langley.”
July 17, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2tjeylH
Posted on July 14, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Hubble Traps a Lynx Barred Spiral
NGC 2500 is a particular kind of spiral galaxy known as a barred spiral, its wispy arms swirling out from a bright, elongated core.
July 14, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2tU0IDG
Posted on July 13, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (Enhanced Color)
This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
July 13, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2tQeNll
Posted on July 12, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Looking Back: Aircraft Engineering Research Conference at Langley’s Full Scale Tunnel, 1934
This year, NASA is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In Langley’s early years of crafting flight, aviation pioneers flocked to the center for engineering conferences. This photo was taken in Langley’s Full Scale Tunnel during the 1934 Aircraft Engineering Research Conference.
July 12, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sQ4IDO
Posted on July 11, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too
On May 29, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of ice covering the Amundsen Gulf, Great Bear Lake, and numerous small lakes in the northern reaches of Canada’s Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Icy lakes and rivers make a significant footprint on the Arctic landscape.
July 11, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2tJZ0om
Posted on July 10, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Dawn’s Early Light
The light of a new day on Saturn illuminates the planet’s wavy cloud patterns and the smooth arcs of the vast rings.
July 10, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sWYfeq
Posted on July 7, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Winds Trigger Pond Growth
Wind is a force to be reckoned with. It can stir up monsoons, carry dust thousands of miles, and sculpt rock into sinuous arches. But sometimes, the effects of wind go unnoticed for years, like when it carves away slowly at the edges of a pond.
July 07, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2suFpH8
Posted on July 6, 2017
NASA Image of the Day: Vice President Mike Pence Visits Kennedy Space Center
Vice President Mike Pence addresses NASA employees, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
July 06, 2017 from NASA http://ift.tt/2sRRqpn
