Monday, January 30, 2017

“Coy Dione” was uploaded to Flickr


Dione's lit hemisphere faces away from Cassini's camera, yet the moon's darkened surface features are dimly illuminated in this image, due to Saturnshine. via NASA ift.tt/2jKX6jK
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Coy Dione was taken on January 30, 2017 at 03:32AM

Friday, January 27, 2017

“Apollo 1 Crew Honored” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967. via NASA ift.tt/2jmBGpA
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Apollo 1 Crew Honored was taken on July 09, 2008 at 06:28AM

Thursday, January 26, 2017

“January 1986 - Voyager 2 Flyby of Miranda” was uploaded to Flickr


Uranus' moon Miranda is shown in a computer-assembled mosaic of images obtained Jan. 24, 1986, by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Miranda is the innermost and smallest of the five major Uranian satellites, just 480 kilometers (about 300 miles) in diameter. Nine images were combined to obtain this full-disc, south-polar view. via NASA ift.tt/2jBNLIN
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January 1986 - Voyager 2 Flyby of Miranda was taken on January 24, 1986 at 07:00PM

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

“Juno’s Close Look at a Little Red Spot” was uploaded to Flickr


The JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped this shot of Jupiter’s northern latitudes. via NASA ift.tt/2jSCIf5
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Juno’s Close Look at a Little Red Spot was taken on January 25, 2017 at 04:03AM

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

“NASA Simulates Orion Spacecraft Launch Conditions for Crew” was uploaded to Flickr


In a lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers simulated conditions that astronauts in space suits would experience when the Orion spacecraft is vibrating during launch atop the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket on its way to deep space destinations. via NASA ift.tt/2jmqQmU
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NASA Simulates Orion Spacecraft Launch Conditions for Crew was taken on January 19, 2017 at 07:15PM

Monday, January 23, 2017

“New Weather Satellite Sends First Images of Earth” was uploaded to Flickr


The release of the first images today from NOAA’s newest satellite, GOES-16, is the latest step in a new age of weather satellites. This composite color full-disk visible image is from 1:07 p.m. EDT on Jan. 15, 2017, and was created using several of the 16 spectral channels available on the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument. via NASA ift.tt/2k994lm
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New Weather Satellite Sends First Images of Earth was taken on January 23, 2017 at 03:56AM

Thursday, January 19, 2017

“Daphnis Up Close” was uploaded to Flickr


The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is featured in this view, taken as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made one of its ring-grazing passes over the outer edges of Saturn's rings on Jan. 16, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2jPxlwA
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Daphnis Up Close was taken on January 18, 2017 at 08:12AM

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

“Possible Signs of Ancient Drying in Martian Rock” was uploaded to Flickr


A grid of small polygons on the Martian rock surface near the right edge of this view may have originated as cracks in drying mud more than 3 billion years ago. via NASA ift.tt/2jzvy1d
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Possible Signs of Ancient Drying in Martian Rock was taken on January 13, 2017 at 11:03AM

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

“NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough on Jan. 13 Spacewalk” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA at work outside the International Space Station on Jan. 13, 2017, in a photo taken by fellow spacewalker Thomas Pesquet of ESA. The two astronauts successfully installed three new adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of the six new lithium-ion batteries on the station. via NASA ift.tt/2iDoegW
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NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough on Jan. 13 Spacewalk was taken on January 13, 2017 at 11:13AM

Friday, January 13, 2017

“Crescent Jupiter with the Great Red Spot” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created by a citizen scientist (Roman Tkachenko) using data from Juno's JunoCam instrument. via NASA ift.tt/2iQA9sp
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Crescent Jupiter with the Great Red Spot was taken on January 13, 2017 at 06:02AM

Thursday, January 12, 2017

“Well-Preserved Impact Ejecta on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of a well-preserved unnamed elliptical crater in Terra Sabaea, is illustrative of the complexity of ejecta deposits forming as a by-product of the impact process that shapes much of the surface of Mars. via NASA ift.tt/2jct7C2
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Well-Preserved Impact Ejecta on Mars was taken on January 12, 2017 at 09:22AM

“Crescent Jupiter with the Great Red Spot” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot was created by a citizen scientist (Roman Tkachenko) using data from Juno's JunoCam instrument. via NASA ift.tt/2jIQYK5
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Crescent Jupiter with the Great Red Spot was taken on January 12, 2017 at 06:02AM

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

“NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson's 7th Spacewalk” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson's 7th Spacewalk via NASA ift.tt/2j1dn27
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NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson's 7th Spacewalk was taken on January 06, 2017 at 12:49PM

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

“Rocky Mountains From Orbit” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed the Rocky Mountains from his vantage point in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station. He shared the image with his social media followers on Jan. 9, 2017, writing, "the Rocky mountains are a step too high – even for the clouds to cross." via NASA ift.tt/2j1assn
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Rocky Mountains From Orbit was taken on December 25, 2016 at 04:20PM

Monday, January 9, 2017

“Breaking Boundaries in New Engine Designs” was uploaded to Flickr


In an effort to improve fuel efficiency, NASA and the aircraft industry are rethinking aircraft design. via NASA ift.tt/2i907Go
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Breaking Boundaries in New Engine Designs was taken on November 02, 2016 at 02:00PM

Friday, January 6, 2017

“Earth and Its Moon, as Seen From Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


Here is a view of Earth and its moon, as seen from Mars. It combines two images acquired on Nov. 20, 2016, by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, with brightness adjusted separately for Earth and the moon to show details on both bodies. via NASA ift.tt/2jk2xr1
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Earth and Its Moon, as Seen From Mars was taken on January 06, 2017 at 05:27AM

Thursday, January 5, 2017

“Abell 3411 and Abell 3412: Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronomers have discovered what happens when the eruption from a supermassive black hole is swept up by the collision and merger of two galaxy clusters. via NASA ift.tt/2j8Bv1u
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Abell 3411 and Abell 3412: Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy was taken on January 04, 2017 at 11:18AM

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

“Hues in a Crater Slope” was uploaded to Flickr


Impact craters expose the subsurface materials on the steep slopes of Mars. However, these slopes often experience rockfalls and debris avalanches that keep the surface clean of dust, revealing a variety of hues, like in this enhanced-color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, representing different rock types. via NASA ift.tt/2iDXvCA
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Hues in a Crater Slope was taken on January 04, 2017 at 03:29AM

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

“Send in the Clouds” was uploaded to Flickr


Floating high above the hydrocarbon lakes, wispy clouds have finally started to return to Titan's northern latitudes. via NASA ift.tt/2hNAyzD
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Send in the Clouds was taken on December 30, 2016 at 06:29AM