“Under the Midnight Sun” was uploaded to Flickr

In September 2017, a new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean. via NASA ift.tt/2EcblGs
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Under the Midnight Sun was taken on December 20, 2017 at 10:27AM

“Naples at Night” was uploaded to Flickr

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the city lights of Naples and the Campania region of southern Italy. via NASA ift.tt/2Dsv57t
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Naples at Night was taken on December 28, 2017 at 03:31AM

“Kwanzaa Tholus on Ceres” was uploaded to Flickr

These images show a subtle feature on dwarf planet Ceres called Kwanzaa Tholus. via NASA ift.tt/2Ccnzye
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Kwanzaa Tholus on Ceres was taken on December 27, 2017 at 03:31AM

“Hubble's Holiday Nebula “Ornament”” was uploaded to Flickr

The Hubble Space Telescope captured what looks like a colorful holiday ornament in space. It's actually an image of NGC 6326, a planetary nebula with glowing wisps of outpouring gas. via NASA ift.tt/2CV8qkg
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Hubble's Holiday Nebula “Ornament” was taken on June 28, 2010 at 06:00AM

“Launch Day!” was uploaded to Flickr

On Dec. 21, 1968, the Apollo 8 crew leaves the Kennedy Space Center's then-named Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the mission's prelaunch countdown on the way to their history-making lunar orbiting flight. via NASA ift.tt/2zbwlJX
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Launch Day! was taken on July 30, 2008 at 10:04AM

“Hello From Above” was uploaded to Flickr

Greetings from @Astro_Sabot, otherwise known as Mark Vande Hei, from aboard the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2z6xNx8
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Hello From Above was taken on December 03, 2017 at 12:39AM

“The Bluest of Ice” was uploaded to Flickr

Acquired on November 29 by Operation IceBridge during a flight to Victoria Land, this image shows an iceberg floating in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound. via NASA ift.tt/2kjgNz4
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The Bluest of Ice was taken on December 19, 2017 at 04:33AM

“Seeing an X-Plane's Sonic Boom” was uploaded to Flickr

This schlieren image shows an Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 in a transonic state, meaning the aircraft is transitioning from a subsonic speed to supersonic. via NASA ift.tt/2kHqUNB
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Seeing an X-Plane's Sonic Boom was taken on December 14, 2017 at 09:58AM

“New Research Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission” was uploaded to Flickr

The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Dragon will bring supplies, equipment and new science experiments for technology research to the orbiting laboratory. via NASA ift.tt/2BfDjA6
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New Research Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission was taken on December 15, 2017 at 05:36AM

“Soyuz Carrying Expedition 53 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2ytt3kN
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Soyuz Carrying Expedition 53 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan was taken on December 14, 2017 at 09:37AM

“The Fault in Our Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of northern Meridiani Planum shows faults that have disrupted layered deposits. via NASA ift.tt/2iXZy5j
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The Fault in Our Mars was taken on December 13, 2017 at 03:30AM

“Chandra Reveals the Elementary Nature of Cassiopeia A” was uploaded to Flickr

Due to its unique evolutionary status, Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is one of the most intensely studied of these supernova remnants. via NASA ift.tt/2C6ofVz
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Chandra Reveals the Elementary Nature of Cassiopeia A was taken on December 12, 2017 at 03:47AM

“Science From the Moon’s Shadow” was uploaded to Flickr

The Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse was rare in its long, uninterrupted path over land, which provided scientists with a rare chance to investigate the Sun and its influence on Earth in ways that aren’t usually possible. On Dec. 11, researchers discussed initial findings based on observations gathered during the eclipse. via NASA ift.tt/2AszyKt
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Science From the Moon’s Shadow was taken on December 11, 2017 at 06:31AM

“Retrospective: Moon” was uploaded to Flickr

This false-color image is composed of 15 images taken through three color filters by NASA's Galileo spacecraft as it passed through the Earth-Moon system on Dec. 8, 1992. via NASA ift.tt/2A4N6I1
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Retrospective: Moon was taken on December 07, 1992 at 07:00PM

“NASA's Science Aircraft Flies Over Thomas Fire in California” was uploaded to Flickr

During an engineering flight test of the Cloud-Aerosol Multi-Angle Lidar (CAMAL) instrument, a view from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft shows smoke plumes, from roughly 65,000 feet, produced by the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, California, around 1 p.m. PST on Dec. 5th, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2j3XCf5
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NASA's Science Aircraft Flies Over Thomas Fire in California was taken on December 07, 2017 at 03:31AM

“Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft at Sunrise” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik photographed Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft at sunrise, prior to its departure from the International Space Station at 8:11 a.m., Dec. 6, 2017. Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA gave the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm the command to release Cygnus. via NASA ift.tt/2k27en9
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Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft at Sunrise was taken on December 05, 2017 at 01:13PM

“Cloud Streets in the Sea of Okhotsk” was uploaded to Flickr

Frigid air blowing from Eastern Russia created dramatic cloud formations over the Sea of Okhotsk in late November, 2017. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the stunning scene on November 25. via NASA ift.tt/2At1dK0
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Cloud Streets in the Sea of Okhotsk was taken on December 05, 2017 at 03:31AM

“Space Station Transits the Moon” was uploaded to Flickr

The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the Moon at roughly five miles per second, Dec. 2, 2017, in Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Onboard are NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Sergey Ryanzansky; and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli. via NASA ift.tt/2kkVEaq
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Space Station Transits the Moon was taken on December 02, 2017 at 06:05PM

“Hubble Sees Galaxy Cluster Warping Space and Time” was uploaded to Flickr

The Hubble Space Telescope peers into the distant universe to reveal a galaxy cluster called Abell 2537. via NASA ift.tt/2BtpnkK
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Hubble Sees Galaxy Cluster Warping Space and Time was taken on June 09, 2017 at 01:22PM

“Space Station in the Sky Over Washington D.C.” was uploaded to Flickr

The International Space Station is seen in this twenty-second exposure as it flies over the Washington National Cathedral, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Onboard are: NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Sergey Ryanzansky; and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli. via NASA ift.tt/2Ai5EYb
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Space Station in the Sky Over Washington D.C. was taken on November 29, 2017 at 12:35PM

“A Proving Ground in Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Dellingr is a shoebox-sized spacecraft built to show that CubeSat platforms could be cost-effective, reliable and capable of gathering highly robust science. via NASA ift.tt/2zNsgko
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A Proving Ground in Space was taken on November 20, 2017 at 12:02PM

“Alpha and Omega” was uploaded to Flickr

These two images illustrate just how far Cassini traveled to get to Saturn. via NASA ift.tt/2BgsfBr
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Alpha and Omega was taken on November 26, 2017 at 04:46PM

“Star Wanders Too Close to a Black Hole” was uploaded to Flickr

This artist's rendering shows the tidal disruption event named ASASSN-14li, where a star wandering too close to a 3-million-solar-mass black hole was torn apart. The debris gathered into an accretion disk around the black hole. via NASA ift.tt/2hS1Q5y
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Star Wanders Too Close to a Black Hole was taken on November 24, 2017 at 03:30AM

“The Beauty of Ice” was uploaded to Flickr

Ice can be stunningly beautiful and also quite varied in its appearance. via NASA ift.tt/2zssDk2
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The Beauty of Ice was taken on November 22, 2017 at 03:30AM

“Tending Your Garden ... In Space” was uploaded to Flickr

If you plant it, will it grow (in space)? The answer is yes, at least for certain types of plants. via NASA ift.tt/2zpxa6R
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Tending Your Garden ... In Space was taken on November 20, 2017 at 02:53AM

“Behold! Observing the Sun” was uploaded to Flickr

A broad hole in the corona was the Sun's dominant feature November 7-9, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2jH94NM
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Behold! Observing the Sun was taken on November 20, 2017 at 02:30AM

“Jovian Tempest” was uploaded to Flickr

This color-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2A7ToKr
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Jovian Tempest was taken on November 16, 2017 at 08:59AM

“Sunrise Flight to the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

Orbital ATK's Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-ike UltraFlex solar arrays approaches the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2z9ouRN
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Sunrise Flight to the Space Station was taken on November 14, 2017 at 04:28AM

“How to See the Atmosphere” was uploaded to Flickr

How can you see the atmosphere? The answer is blowing in the wind. via NASA ift.tt/2z3kqCD
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How to See the Atmosphere was taken on November 15, 2017 at 05:31AM

“Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

On November 14, 1971, Mariner ( took this image of a shield volcano on Mars. via NASA ift.tt/2zW0Sjy
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Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars was taken on November 14, 2017 at 05:30AM

“Our Living Earth ... From Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Can you identify this river? via NASA ift.tt/2hp8xvp
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Our Living Earth ... From Space was taken on October 29, 2017 at 02:41PM

“Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight. Fischer, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, wrote, "Few things can compare to the honor of meeting WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets today--thank you for your sacrifices to keep us all free." via NASA ift.tt/2iKZW6A
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Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans was taken on November 04, 2017 at 09:29AM

“Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles” was uploaded to Flickr

On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon. via NASA ift.tt/2m8w1ua
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Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles was taken on November 09, 2017 at 04:30AM

“Rare Encircling Filament” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a dark filament encircling an active region (Oct. 29-31, 2017). Solar filaments are clouds of charged particles that float above the sun, tethered to it by magnetic forces. via NASA ift.tt/2yhGPrr
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Rare Encircling Filament was taken on November 08, 2017 at 08:30AM

“Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed cloudy skies over Sudan during an International Space Station flyover on Oct. 22, 2017. Nespoli shared the image with his followers on social media on Nov. 6, writing, "#EarthFromSpace means also... Lots of clouds! How do they look from below?" via NASA ift.tt/2AhQv5K
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Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds was taken on October 22, 2017 at 11:18AM

“Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber” was uploaded to Flickr

As Cassini hurtled toward its fatal encounter with Saturn, the spacecraft turned to catch this final look at Saturn's moon Pandora next to the thin line of the F ring. via NASA ift.tt/2AdCOF7
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Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber was taken on November 06, 2017 at 01:37AM

“Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA is performing a series of tests to evaluate how astronauts and ground crew involved in final preparations before Orion missions will quickly get out of the spacecraft, if an emergency were to occur on the pad prior to launch. via NASA ift.tt/2zhQOR2
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Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches was taken on October 31, 2017 at 05:39PM

“Revealing What Lies Beneath” was uploaded to Flickr

This false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity Mars rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) can reveal the presence of certain minerals in target rocks. T via NASA ift.tt/2ioVgTK
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Revealing What Lies Beneath was taken on November 02, 2017 at 04:31AM

“From Hot to Hottest” was uploaded to Flickr

This sequence of images shows the Sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken at about the same time on Oct. 27, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2iURKVn
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From Hot to Hottest was taken on November 01, 2017 at 05:31AM

“Learning to Walk Before Heading to Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is suspended over a mock-up of the International Space Station during a microgravity simulation. via NASA ift.tt/2xGWGjb
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Learning to Walk Before Heading to Space was taken on October 24, 2017 at 12:56PM

“Viewing Australia's Great Sandy Desert From Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Flying hundreds miles above, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. Hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes are peppered throughout the arid Australian Outback. via NASA ift.tt/2luBT0C
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Viewing Australia's Great Sandy Desert From Space was taken on July 26, 2017 at 03:40AM

“Hubble Digs into Cosmic Archaeology” was uploaded to Flickr

This Hubble infrared image is part of an observing program that imaged 41 massive galaxy clusters to find the brightest distant galaxies for theJames Webb Space Telescope to study. via NASA ift.tt/2zIrErL
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Hubble Digs into Cosmic Archaeology was taken on June 09, 2017 at 10:36AM

“Studying the Genetics of Organisms in Space” was uploaded to Flickr

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, organisms in a Petri plate are exposed to blue excitation lighting in a Spectrum prototype unit. NASA scientists and engineers are developing experiments to determine how different organisms, such as plants, microbes or worms, develop under conditions of microgravity. via NASA ift.tt/2ySUIzn
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Studying the Genetics of Organisms in Space was taken on October 16, 2017 at 10:06AM

“NASA Astronauts on Third and Final Spacewalk in October Series” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba (left) and Randy Bresnik (right) at work outside the International Space Station on Oct. 20, 2017, in the third of a series of three planned spacewalks. The two astronauts successfully completed the 6 hour, 49 minute spacewalk at 2:36 p.m. EDT. via NASA ift.tt/2zFnj8q
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NASA Astronauts on Third and Final Spacewalk in October Series was taken on October 20, 2017 at 11:03AM

“Remembering Astronaut Paul Weitz” was uploaded to Flickr

In this June 1973 photo, astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount. Weitz, who also commanded the STS-6 shuttle mission and served as Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center, passed away this week at the age of 85. via NASA ift.tt/2z2GxbS
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Remembering Astronaut Paul Weitz was taken on September 10, 2013 at 05:41AM

“The Grace of Saturn” was uploaded to Flickr

Saturn's graceful lanes of orbiting ice -- its iconic rings -- wind their way around the planet to pass beyond the horizon in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2xglHRL
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The Grace of Saturn was taken on October 20, 2017 at 11:59AM

“Hubble Unravels a Twisted Cosmic Knot” was uploaded to Flickr

This Hubble image shows what happens when two galaxies become one. The twisted cosmic knot seen here is NGC 2623 — or Arp 243 — and is located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab). via NASA ift.tt/2xTIy5i
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Hubble Unravels a Twisted Cosmic Knot was taken on June 09, 2017 at 10:32AM

“Hubble Unravels a Twisted Cosmic Knot” was uploaded to Flickr

This Hubble image shows what happens when two galaxies become one. The twisted cosmic knot seen here is NGC 2623 — or Arp 243 — and is located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab). via NASA ift.tt/2xTIy5i
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Hubble Unravels a Twisted Cosmic Knot was taken on June 09, 2017 at 10:32AM

“Jovian Moon Shadow” was uploaded to Flickr

Jupiter’s moon Amalthea casts a shadow on the gas giant planet in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2yDDMwL
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Jovian Moon Shadow was taken on October 19, 2017 at 08:56AM

“What Lurks Below NASA’s Chamber A?” was uploaded to Flickr

Hidden beneath Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center is an area engineers used to test critical contamination control technology that has helped keep our James Webb Space Telescope clean during cryogenic testing. via NASA ift.tt/2gjAzIb
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What Lurks Below NASA’s Chamber A? was taken on May 18, 2015 at 08:44AM