Friday, December 30, 2016

“Small Satellite Deployed From the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


A satellite is ejected from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer on the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2016. The satellite is actually two small satellites that, once at a safe distance from the station, separated from each other, but were still connected by a 100-meter-long Kevlar tether. via NASA ift.tt/2hU5LNj
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Small Satellite Deployed From the Space Station was taken on December 19, 2016 at 03:50AM

Thursday, December 29, 2016

“Hubble Gazes at a Cosmic Megamaser” was uploaded to Flickr


This galaxy acts as an astronomical laser, beaming out microwave emission rather than visible light. via NASA ift.tt/2ihOnTW
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Hubble Gazes at a Cosmic Megamaser was taken on September 12, 2016 at 12:09PM

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

“Basking in Light” was uploaded to Flickr


Sunlight truly has come to Saturn's north pole. The whole northern region is bathed in sunlight in this view from late 2016, feeble though the light may be at Saturn's distant domain in the solar system. via NASA ift.tt/2iqTKzS
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Basking in Light was taken on December 28, 2016 at 03:31AM

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

“Lights in the Darkness” was uploaded to Flickr


Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth. The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada. via NASA ift.tt/2hkyREI
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Lights in the Darkness was taken on December 22, 2016 at 09:14AM

Friday, December 23, 2016

“Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the Festive Spirit” was uploaded to Flickr


Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA sent holiday greetings and festive imagery from the cupola on Dec. 18. via NASA ift.tt/2hk5FCF
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the Festive Spirit was taken on December 18, 2016 at 07:34AM

Thursday, December 22, 2016

“Pandora Up Close” was uploaded to Flickr


This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon Pandora. Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across) orbits Saturn just outside the narrow F ring. via NASA ift.tt/2hKYWR9
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Pandora Up Close was taken on December 21, 2016 at 08:11AM

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

“This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Saturn V Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968” was uploaded to Flickr


This week in 1968, Apollo 8, the first crewed Saturn V launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968. Here, the S-IC stage is being erected for final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. via NASA ift.tt/2i1MytA
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This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Saturn V Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968 was taken on December 21, 2016 at 07:41AM

“This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Apollo Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968” was uploaded to Flickr


This week in 1968, Apollo 8, the first crewed Apollo mission, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968. Here, the S-IC stage is being erected for final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. via NASA ift.tt/2haJE7x
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This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Apollo Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968 was taken on December 21, 2016 at 06:16AM

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

“International Space Station Solar Transit” was uploaded to Flickr


This composite image, made from ten frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly five miles per second, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, from Newbury Park, California. via NASA ift.tt/2hn2rKs
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International Space Station Solar Transit was taken on December 17, 2016 at 05:33AM

Monday, December 19, 2016

“Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland” was uploaded to Flickr


Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them. via NASA ift.tt/2h4q8v8
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Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland was taken on December 19, 2016 at 03:48AM

Friday, December 16, 2016

“Hubble "Crane-s" in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy” was uploaded to Flickr


Spiral galaxy IC 5201 sits 40 million light-years from us in the Crane constellation. As with most spirals we see, it has a bar of stars slicing through its center. via NASA ift.tt/2gSlccM
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Hubble "Crane-s" in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy was taken on December 12, 2016 at 01:00AM

Thursday, December 15, 2016

“View of NASA's CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane” was uploaded to Flickr


Hurricane forecasters will soon have a new tool to better understand and forecast storm intensity. A constellation of eight microsatellites, called NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, got a boost into Earth orbit aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket, deployed from an L-1011 aircraft. via NASA ift.tt/2gNzyLp
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View of NASA's CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane was taken on December 12, 2016 at 03:04AM

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

“Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


The foreground of this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows purple-hued rocks near the rover's late-2016 location on lower Mount Sharp. The scene's middle distance includes higher layers that are future destinations for the mission. via NASA ift.tt/2hwMORD
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Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars was taken on December 09, 2016 at 06:14AM

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

“HTV-6 Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this photograph of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) as it approached the International Space Station. Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet successfully captured the spacecraft using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. via NASA ift.tt/2gWGfGZ
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HTV-6 Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station was taken on December 13, 2016 at 07:12AM

Monday, December 12, 2016

“The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth)” was uploaded to Flickr


Many Martian landscapes contain features that are familiar to ones we find on Earth, like river valleys, cliffs, glaciers and volcanos. via NASA ift.tt/2gsJXXz
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The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth) was taken on December 12, 2016 at 03:05AM

Friday, December 9, 2016

“Sunrise With Solar Array” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2016, and shared it on social media, writing, "Sunrises. We experience 16 sunrises every 24 hours on the International Space Station as it takes us 90 minutes to do a complete orbit of our planet flying at 28,800 km/h." via NASA ift.tt/2htfFoS
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Sunrise With Solar Array was taken on November 25, 2016 at 08:02AM

Thursday, December 8, 2016

“Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea” was uploaded to Flickr


An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a long lens to document what crews have termed one of the most spectacular features of the planet: the dunes of the Namib Sand Sea. via NASA ift.tt/2godViQ
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Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea was taken on March 27, 2016 at 12:23PM

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

“Oceanic Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves From the Lombok Strait” was uploaded to Flickr


On November 1, 2016, NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Indonesia, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board to capture a stunning true-color image of oceanic nonlinear internal solitary waves from the Lombok Strait. via NASA ift.tt/2gTsLOY
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Oceanic Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves From the Lombok Strait was taken on December 07, 2016 at 01:12AM

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

“Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM” was uploaded to Flickr


Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station -- the Sally Ride EarthKAM -- to photograph this portion of the Sahara desert in western Libya on October 3, 2016. The Expedition 50 crew set up the EarthKAM gear in the Harmony module’s Earth-facing hatch window, to allow students to photograph targets on Earth. via NASA ift.tt/2gz3WVF
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Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM was taken on December 06, 2016 at 01:34AM

Monday, December 5, 2016

“Chaos at Hyperion” was uploaded to Flickr


The moon Hyperion tumbles as it orbits Saturn. via NASA ift.tt/2gbL5C4
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Chaos at Hyperion was taken on December 05, 2016 at 02:44AM

Friday, December 2, 2016

“Hidden Figures Premiere and Award Ceremony” was uploaded to Flickr


Actress Octavia Spencer, left, who plays Dorothy Vaughan in the film "Hidden Figures" and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, greets NASA "human computer" Katherine Johnson, at a reception to honor NASA's "human computers" on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, VA. via NASA ift.tt/2fP1tKo
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Hidden Figures Premiere and Award Ceremony was taken on December 01, 2016 at 01:07PM

Thursday, December 1, 2016

“Rift in Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf” was uploaded to Flickr


On Nov. 10, 2016, scientists on NASA's IceBridge mission photographed an oblique view of a massive rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. Icebridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, completed an eighth consecutive Antarctic deployment on Nov. 18. via NASA ift.tt/2gQdJ9s
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Rift in Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf was taken on December 01, 2016 at 05:17AM

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

“NASA's Webb Telescope Clean Room 'Transporter'” was uploaded to Flickr


What looks like a teleporter from science fiction being draped over NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, is actually a "clean tent." The clean tent protects Webb from dust and dirt when engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center transport the telescope out of the relatively dust-free cleanroom and into the vibration and acoustics testing areas. via NASA ift.tt/2gxOxoO
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NASA's Webb Telescope Clean Room 'Transporter' was taken on November 16, 2016 at 10:23AM

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

“Fiery South Atlantic Sunset” was uploaded to Flickr


An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a sunset that looks like a vast sheet of flame. With Earth’s surface already in darkness, the setting sun, the cloud masses, and the sideways viewing angle make a powerful image of the kind that astronauts use to commemorate their flights. via NASA ift.tt/2fMNDXg
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Fiery South Atlantic Sunset was taken on October 27, 2016 at 06:29PM

“Tiny Mimas, Huge Rings” was uploaded to Flickr


Saturn's icy moon Mimas is dwarfed by the planet's enormous rings. via NASA ift.tt/2fxDMpN
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Tiny Mimas, Huge Rings was taken on November 28, 2016 at 01:54AM

Thursday, November 24, 2016

“Celebrating Thanksgiving Aboard the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


The six Expedition 50 crew members celebrate Thanksgiving in space, Nov. 24, 2016, with rehydrated turkey, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables. via NASA ift.tt/2gmgIdl
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Celebrating Thanksgiving Aboard the International Space Station was taken on November 24, 2016 at 08:37AM

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

“Prototype of Space Station's Advanced Plant Habitat” was uploaded to Flickr


A high fidelity test version of NASA’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), the largest plant chamber built for the agency, arrived at Kennedy Space Center the third week of November, 2016. The APH unit, containing small flowering plant seeds, will be delivered to the International Space Station in 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2fremIw
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Prototype of Space Station's Advanced Plant Habitat was taken on November 17, 2016 at 04:11AM

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

“Hubble Spies Spiral Galaxy” was uploaded to Flickr


Spiral galaxy NGC 3274 is a relatively faint galaxy located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). via NASA ift.tt/2f2EN91
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Hubble Spies Spiral Galaxy was taken on November 21, 2016 at 01:00AM

Monday, November 21, 2016

“Faint F Ring and Prometheus” was uploaded to Flickr


Surface features are visible on Saturn's moon Prometheus in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2geAJji
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Faint F Ring and Prometheus was taken on November 21, 2016 at 02:01AM

Saturday, November 19, 2016

“GOES-R Weather Satellite Ready For Launch” was uploaded to Flickr


The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and its GOES-R payload at the launchpad as preparations continue for launch at 5:42 p.m. EST, Saturday, Nov. 19, from Space Launch Complex 41. via NASA ift.tt/2g8kWTF
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GOES-R Weather Satellite Ready For Launch was taken on November 18, 2016 at 06:18AM

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

“Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea” was uploaded to Flickr


Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon sunlight brightens a broad swath of the sea surface on the right side of the image. via NASA ift.tt/2fVvyVp
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Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea was taken on June 25, 2016 at 05:30AM

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

“November 15, 1966: Gemini XII Crew Returns to Earth” was uploaded to Flickr


Following the Gemini XII splashdown on Nov. 15, 1966, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, left, and Jim Lovell are welcomed aboard the recovery aircraft carrier, USS Wasp, concluding their four-day mission. Gemini XII was the final flight of the Gemini program, a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs. via NASA ift.tt/2eCb1rr
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November 15, 1966: Gemini XII Crew Returns to Earth was taken on July 09, 2008 at 03:45AM

Thursday, November 10, 2016

“Getting to Know the Getz Ice Shelf” was uploaded to Flickr


As scientists and crew with NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission prepared for a research flight on Nov. 5, 2016, the weather in Punta Arenas, Chile, was cold, wet, and windy. But when they reached their survey site in West Antarctica, skies were clear and winds were calm—a perfect day for scientists to collect data over the Getz Ice Shelf. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/getting-to-know-the-getz-ice-s...
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Getting to Know the Getz Ice Shelf was taken on November 10, 2016 at 01:52AM

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

“Wind Carved Rock on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock. Called yardangs, these features are aligned with the prevailing wind direction. This wind direction would have dominated for a very long time to carve these large-scale features into the exposed rock. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/wind-carved-rock-on-mars
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Wind Carved Rock on Mars was taken on October 14, 2016 at 12:18PM

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

“Election Day 2016” was uploaded to Flickr


Thanks to a bill passed by Texas legislators that put in place technical voting procedure for astronauts, they have the ability to vote from space through specially designed absentee ballots. To preserve the integrity of the secret vote, the ballot is encrypted and only accessible by the astronaut and the county clerk responsible for casting it. via NASA ift.tt/2fXPzgO
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Election Day 2016 was taken on November 11, 2015 at 09:46AM

Monday, November 7, 2016

“Ring Details on Display” was uploaded to Flickr


This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft showcases some of the amazingly detailed structure of Saturn's rings. via NASA ift.tt/2eFDPOl
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Ring Details on Display was taken on November 07, 2016 at 03:06AM

Friday, November 4, 2016

“Hubble Takes Flight with the Toucan and the Cluster” was uploaded to Flickr


NGC 299 is an open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away. via NASA ift.tt/2eGZlQm
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Hubble Takes Flight with the Toucan and the Cluster was taken on May 03, 2016 at 12:18PM

Thursday, November 3, 2016

“Orion Crew Module Underway Recovery Testing” was uploaded to Flickr


U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a rigid hull Zodiac boat have attached tether lines to a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting a series of tests to practice for recovery of Orion on its return from deep space missions. via NASA ift.tt/2fyVo4V
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Orion Crew Module Underway Recovery Testing was taken on October 27, 2016 at 11:46AM

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

“James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Will Piece Together Cosmic Puzzles” was uploaded to Flickr


The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope that consists of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle piece standing in the massive clean room of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The telescope will help piece together puzzles scientists have been trying to solve throughout the cosmos. via NASA ift.tt/2fE9EZi
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James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Will Piece Together Cosmic Puzzles was taken on October 28, 2016 at 05:52AM

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

“Prototype Capture System, Mock Asteroid Help Simulate Mission Sequence” was uploaded to Flickr


A prototype of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) robotic capture module system is tested with a mock asteroid boulder in its clutches at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The robotic portion of ARM is targeted for launch in 2021. via NASA ift.tt/2evAi2z
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Prototype Capture System, Mock Asteroid Help Simulate Mission Sequence was taken on November 01, 2016 at 02:56AM

Monday, October 31, 2016

“Rains of Terror on Exoplanet HD 189733b” was uploaded to Flickr


This Halloween, take a tour with NASA's Exoplanet Exploration site of some of the most terrifying destinations in our galaxy. The nightmare world of HD 189733 b is the killer you never see coming. To the human eye, this far-off planet looks bright blue. But any space traveler confusing it with the friendly skies of Earth would be badly mistaken. via NASA ift.tt/2f5xN8K
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Rains of Terror on Exoplanet HD 189733b was taken on October 31, 2016 at 07:23AM

Friday, October 28, 2016

“NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares For the Journey Home” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is pictured inside of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft while conducting routine spacesuit checks. The Expedition 49 trio of Rubins, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin are scheduled to undock their Soyuz on Saturday, Oct. 29, and land at 11:59 p.m. EDT. via NASA ift.tt/2fnNzOH
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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares For the Journey Home was taken on October 19, 2016 at 08:32AM

Thursday, October 27, 2016

“First Pass of Echo 1 Satellite Over the Goldstone Tracking Station” was uploaded to Flickr


This photograph shows the first pass of Echo 1, America’s first communications satellite, over the Goldstone Tracking Station managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, in the early morning of Aug. 12, 1960. The movement of the antenna, star trails, and Echo 1 (the long streak in the middle) are visible in this image. via NASA ift.tt/2fkiP12
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First Pass of Echo 1 Satellite Over the Goldstone Tracking Station was taken on October 24, 2016 at 05:37AM

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

“Paw Paw Bends” was uploaded to Flickr


The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of the Potomac River and canal on September 27, 2016. The image shows the stretch between Hancock and Cumberland, Maryland—about 97 kilometers (60 miles) if you were to hike or bike along the towpath between these two towns. West Virginia is south of the river. via NASA ift.tt/2eROVNg
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Paw Paw Bends was taken on October 07, 2016 at 06:10AM

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

“Cygnus Spacecraft Attached to Space Station's Unity Module” was uploaded to Flickr


Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft (left) is seen from the Cupola module windows aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 23, 2016. The main robotic work station for controlling the Canadarm2 robotic arm is located inside the Cupola and was used to capture Cygnus upon its arrival. via NASA ift.tt/2e7cvG0
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Cygnus Spacecraft Attached to Space Station's Unity Module was taken on October 23, 2016 at 08:33AM

Monday, October 24, 2016

“CST-100 Starliner Manufacturing” was uploaded to Flickr


An engineer guides the upper dome of a Boeing CST-100 Starliner as it is connected to the lower dome to complete the first hull of the Starliner's Structural Test Article. The Starliner is one of two spacecraft in development in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program that will enable astronauts to fly to the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2eohgjO
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CST-100 Starliner Manufacturing was taken on May 02, 2016 at 06:46AM

Friday, October 21, 2016

“Hubble Spins a Web Into a Giant Red Spider Nebula” was uploaded to Flickr


Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula called the Red Spider Nebula, located some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. via NASA ift.tt/2edacE2
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Hubble Spins a Web Into a Giant Red Spider Nebula was taken on July 24, 2001 at 11:00AM

Thursday, October 20, 2016

“Jupiterrise” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of the sunlit part of Jupiter and its swirling atmosphere was created by a citizen scientist (Alex Mai) using data from Juno's JunoCam instrument. JunoCam's raw images are available at ift.tt/29mJrNc for the public to peruse and process into image products. via NASA ift.tt/2eV97BU
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Jupiterrise was taken on October 20, 2016 at 04:01AM

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

“Expedition 49 Launch to the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


The Soyuz MS-02 rocket is launched with Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The crew will spend the next four months living and working aboard the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2dOhf2S
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Expedition 49 Launch to the International Space Station was taken on October 19, 2016 at 10:06AM

Thursday, October 13, 2016

“A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design” was uploaded to Flickr


A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design via NASA ift.tt/2e3QlEM
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A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design was taken on October 06, 2016 at 04:38AM