“Space Station's Expandable Habitat” was uploaded to Flickr

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is seen attached to the Tranquility module of the International Space Station. BEAM is an is an experimental expandable habitat. Expandable habitats, occasionally described as inflatable habitats, greatly decrease the amount of transport volume for future space missions. via NASA ift.tt/2dKqV2g
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Space Station's Expandable Habitat was taken on September 21, 2016 at 02:53PM

“Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder” was uploaded to Flickr

In this photograph taken on Sept. 1, 2016, the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder structure has been configured for the Thermal Pathfinder Test at NASA Johnson Space Center's giant thermal vacuum chamber, called Chamber A. The Pathfinder is a test version of the structure that supports the telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2dufZGQ
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Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder was taken on September 01, 2016 at 07:33AM

“'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by Spitzer” was uploaded to Flickr

This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora's Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2cWcwMr
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'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by Spitzer was taken on September 28, 2016 at 07:27AM

“Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence” was uploaded to Flickr

Orbiting above eastern North America, a crew member on the International Space Station photographed a dense pattern of eddies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Caught briefly in the Sun’s “glint point,” reflections off the water surface show an interlinked mass of swirls and eddies in the shallow water north of Prince Edward Island. via NASA ift.tt/2cAykkg
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Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence was taken on September 04, 2016 at 07:14AM

“Tectonically Active Planet Mercury” was uploaded to Flickr

New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal previously undetected small fault scarps— cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. via NASA ift.tt/2d3OfXI
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Tectonically Active Planet Mercury was taken on September 22, 2016 at 12:08PM

“Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star” was uploaded to Flickr

This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core. via NASA ift.tt/2cMFYGB
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Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star was taken on February 13, 2007 at 12:00PM

“Practicing Orion Spacecraft Recovery After Splashdown” was uploaded to Flickr

A group of U.S. Navy divers, Air Force pararescuemen and Coast Guard rescue swimmers practice Orion underway recovery techniques in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to prepare for the first test flight of an uncrewed Orion spacecraft with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket during Exploration Mission (EM-1). via NASA ift.tt/2cZqSuR
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Practicing Orion Spacecraft Recovery After Splashdown was taken on September 21, 2016 at 11:42AM

“One Billion Base Pairs Sequenced on the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins checks a sample for air bubbles prior to loading it in the biomolecule sequencer. When Rubins’ expedition began, zero base pairs of DNA had been sequenced in space. Within just a few weeks, she and the Biomolecule Sequencer team had sequenced their one billionth base of DNA aboard the orbiting laboratory. via NASA ift.tt/2cRwlW4
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One Billion Base Pairs Sequenced on the Space Station was taken on September 03, 2016 at 09:15AM

“Space Station Flight Over the Southern Tip of Italy” was uploaded to Flickr

The southern tip of Italy is visible in this image taken by the Expedition 49 crew aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 17, 2016. The brightly lit city of Naples can be seen in the bottom section of the image. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft can be seen in the foreground. via NASA ift.tt/2cAAbBy
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Space Station Flight Over the Southern Tip of Italy was taken on September 17, 2016 at 07:16PM

“Where the Small Moon Rules” was uploaded to Flickr

Pan may be small as satellites go, but like many of Saturn's ring moons, it has a has a very visible effect on the rings. via NASA ift.tt/2cCH3E7
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Where the Small Moon Rules was taken on September 19, 2016 at 03:22AM

“NASA's IceBridge Observes Effects of Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on Sept. 11, 2016. This photograph from the flight captures Greenland's Steenstrup Glacier, with the midmorning sun glinting off of the Denmark Strait in the background. via NASA ift.tt/2cOTwkk
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NASA's IceBridge Observes Effects of Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet was taken on September 11, 2016 at 08:05AM

“Infrared Echoes of a Black Hole Eating a Star” was uploaded to Flickr

This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star, disrupted as it was being devoured by a supermassive black hole. The feeding black hole is surrounded by a ring of dust. This dust was previously illuminated by flares of high-energy radiation from the feeding black hole, and is now shown re-radiating some of that energy. via NASA ift.tt/2cIf9V1
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Infrared Echoes of a Black Hole Eating a Star was taken on September 14, 2016 at 12:31PM

“Sept. 14, 1966 - View From Gemini XI, 850 Miles Above the Earth” was uploaded to Flickr

The western half of Australia, looking west, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft, 850 miles above the Earth on Sept. 14, 1966. Reaching this record-shattering altitude was a highlight of a demanding, three-day mission for Gemini XI command pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad and pilot Dick Gordon. via NASA ift.tt/2cttuTc
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Sept. 14, 1966 - View From Gemini XI, 850 Miles Above the Earth was taken on January 26, 2007 at 08:13AM

“A Streamlined Form in Lethe Vallis, Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

This image shows a portion of Lethe Vallis, an outflow channel that also transported lava. This is one of only a few places on Mars where these pristine-appearing landforms have been identified. The channel formed by catastrophic floods, during which it produced the prominent crater-cored, teardrop-shaped island in the middle. via NASA ift.tt/2c6qZ6U
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A Streamlined Form in Lethe Vallis, Mars was taken on September 07, 2016 at 06:26AM

“At Hangar, Raptors Find Shelter from the Storm” was uploaded to Flickr

As Tropical Storm Hermine charged up the East Coast Sept. 2, the hangar at NASA Langley was able to carefully sandwich in more than a dozen Air Force fighters and offer them protection from the wind. The hangar provides 85,200 square feet (7,915 square meters) of open space and large door dimensions that allow for entry of big aircraft. via NASA ift.tt/2cQVL62
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At Hangar, Raptors Find Shelter from the Storm was taken on September 02, 2016 at 07:16AM

“Hubble Peers into the Storm” was uploaded to Flickr

Hubble sees a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. via NASA ift.tt/2cfZtVm
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Hubble Peers into the Storm was taken on September 05, 2016 at 02:00AM

“Expedition 48 Crew Preparing to Return Home” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA returns to Earth Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, after a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Williams captured this photograph and wrote, "I will certainly miss this view! Vast gratitude toward my crewmates, ground teams, supporting friends, and family." via NASA ift.tt/2bV7T75
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Expedition 48 Crew Preparing to Return Home was taken on September 06, 2016 at 03:43AM

“Jupiter Down Under” was uploaded to Flickr

This image from NASA's Juno spacecraft provides a never-before-seen perspective on Jupiter's south pole. via NASA ift.tt/2caKPR1
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Jupiter Down Under was taken on September 02, 2016 at 05:55AM

“Ceres' Mountain Ahuna Mons: Side View” was uploaded to Flickr

Ceres' lonely mountain, Ahuna Mons, is seen in this simulated perspective view. The elevation has been exaggerated by a factor of two. The view was made using enhanced-color images from NASA's Dawn mission. via NASA ift.tt/2c81958
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Ceres' Mountain Ahuna Mons: Side View was taken on September 01, 2016 at 07:28AM