Friday, March 31, 2017

“Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer” was uploaded to Flickr


Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) in 1962. She was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA. She had oversight for the planning and development of programs including the Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2ohUxc9
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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer was taken on March 31, 2017 at 05:05AM

Thursday, March 30, 2017

“Robotics Work on Space Station Set Up Thursday Spacewalk” was uploaded to Flickr


The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) is in the grip of the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm during its relocation and attachment to the station's Harmony module on March 26,2017. A spacewalk by NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, which began at 7:29 a.m., will finalize the PMA-3 cable connections on Harmony. via NASA ift.tt/2nzAyCU
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Robotics Work on Space Station Set Up Thursday Spacewalk was taken on March 26, 2017 at 03:07PM

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

“The Splitting of the Dunes” was uploaded to Flickr


The mound in the center of this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image appears to have blocked the path of the dunes as they marched south (north is to the left in this image) across the scene. Smaller dunes run perpendicular to some of the larger-scale dunes, probably indicating a shift in wind directions in this area. via NASA ift.tt/2nAjle8
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The Splitting of the Dunes was taken on March 29, 2017 at 04:19AM

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

“Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft” was uploaded to Flickr


Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA is seen floating outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk. Pesquet and Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA conducted the six-hour-and-34-minute spacewalk on March 24, 2017. A second spacewalk, by Kimbrough and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is scheduled for Thursday, March 30. via NASA ift.tt/2nwyygv
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Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft was taken on March 24, 2017 at 01:08PM

Monday, March 27, 2017

“Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’” was uploaded to Flickr


This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian “galaxy” of swirling storms. via NASA ift.tt/2o23lmK
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Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’ was taken on March 27, 2017 at 04:36AM

Friday, March 24, 2017

“Hubble Spots Two Interacting Galaxies Defying Cosmic Convention” was uploaded to Flickr


Hubble spots two interacting galaxies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. via NASA ift.tt/2mzfMG8
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Hubble Spots Two Interacting Galaxies Defying Cosmic Convention was taken on March 20, 2017 at 02:00AM

Thursday, March 23, 2017

“Dr. Ellen Ochoa on the Flight Deck of Shuttle Atlantis” was uploaded to Flickr


On April 15, 2002, STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa works at the Remote Manipulator System controls on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis. Dr. Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, is currently the 11th director of Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the STS-56 mission. via NASA ift.tt/2mUXF97
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Dr. Ellen Ochoa on the Flight Deck of Shuttle Atlantis was taken on March 23, 2017 at 07:03AM

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

“Space Station View of Mount Etna Erupting” was uploaded to Flickr


The Expedition 50 crew aboard the International Space Station had a nighttime view from orbit of Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupting on March 19, 2017. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of ESA captured this image, writing, "Mount Etna, in Sicily. The volcano is currently erupting and the molten ava is visible from space, at night!" via NASA ift.tt/2nC1nJ4
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Space Station View of Mount Etna Erupting was taken on March 19, 2017 at 06:01PM

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

“Photographer Carla Thomas on a Supersonic Flight” was uploaded to Flickr


“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between the single seat and two seat F/A-18 aircraft for the Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or SonicBAT program," said Carla Thomas, one of NASA's two female in-flight photographers. via NASA ift.tt/2n9LkkA
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Photographer Carla Thomas on a Supersonic Flight was taken on March 15, 2017 at 06:33AM

Monday, March 20, 2017

“Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories” was uploaded to Flickr


This view, acquired on Nov. 7, 2016, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows a portion of Canada's Mackenzie River Delta and the town of Inuvik, home to more than 3,000 people. A frozen highway -- 194 kilometers (120 miles) long -- runs between the remote outposts of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk along the river’s East Channel. via NASA ift.tt/2n6yXWH
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Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories was taken on March 20, 2017 at 03:53AM

Friday, March 17, 2017

“Dublin at Night” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this nighttime image of Dublin on March 17, 2017, writing, "Happy #StPatricksDay Spectacular #Dublin, Ireland captured by @thom_astro from @Space_Station. Enjoy the #StPatricksFest Parade down there!" via NASA ift.tt/2mXdeAb
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Dublin at Night was taken on March 17, 2017 at 03:44AM

Thursday, March 16, 2017

“Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician” was uploaded to Flickr


Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations. via NASA ift.tt/2mwYwwB
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Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician was taken on March 16, 2017 at 06:18AM

“Annie Easley, Computer Scientist, Mathematician, and Rocket Scientist” was uploaded to Flickr


Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations. via NASA ift.tt/2mwNirW
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Annie Easley, Computer Scientist, Mathematician, and Rocket Scientist was taken on March 16, 2017 at 06:13AM

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

“NASA's Webb Telescope Ghostly 'Lights Out' Inspection” was uploaded to Flickr


The technicians who are inspecting the telescope and its expansive golden mirrors look like ghostly wraiths in this image as they conduct a "lights out inspection" in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility (SSDIF) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. via NASA ift.tt/2n006uB
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NASA's Webb Telescope Ghostly 'Lights Out' Inspection was taken on March 05, 2017 at 12:31PM

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

“Traffic-free and Sky-high” was uploaded to Flickr


The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of cloud streets over the Barents Sea and Mezhdusharsky Island on March 7, 2017. Such formations occur frequently in the region in late winter. via NASA ift.tt/2mJ59z3
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Traffic-free and Sky-high was taken on March 10, 2017 at 07:21AM

Monday, March 13, 2017

“The Big One” was uploaded to Flickr


Mimas' gigantic crater Herschel lies near the moon's limb in this Cassini view. via NASA ift.tt/2mDR6el
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The Big One was taken on March 13, 2017 at 03:19AM

Friday, March 10, 2017

“Hubble Hones In on a Hypergiant's Home” was uploaded to Flickr


The super star cluster Westerlund 1, only 15,000 light-years away in our Milky Way neighborhood, hosts one of the largest stars ever discovered. via NASA ift.tt/2mr5mVH
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Hubble Hones In on a Hypergiant's Home was taken on October 28, 2016 at 06:28AM

Thursday, March 9, 2017

“NASA's Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground” was uploaded to Flickr


Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA's Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground via NASA ift.tt/2lHA9jX
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground was taken on March 08, 2017 at 08:40AM

“NASA's Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground” was uploaded to Flickr


Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA's Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground via NASA ift.tt/2m6ypNA
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground was taken on March 08, 2017 at 08:40AM

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

“Women Scientists at NASA in January 1959” was uploaded to Flickr


January 1959. Women Scientists Lucille Coltrane, Jean Clark Keating, Katherine Cullie Speegle, Doris 'Dot' Lee, Ruth Whitman, and Emily Stephens Mueller. via NASA ift.tt/2mYY7ri
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Women Scientists at NASA in January 1959 was taken on March 08, 2017 at 04:29AM

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

“A Mass of Viscous Flow Features” was uploaded to Flickr


Viscous, lobate flow features are commonly found at the bases of slopes in the mid-latitudes of Mars, and are often associated with gullies. via NASA ift.tt/2mBvH63
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A Mass of Viscous Flow Features was taken on March 07, 2017 at 03:09AM

Monday, March 6, 2017

“Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around CYGNUS.” was uploaded to Flickr


In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK CYGNUS pressurized cargo module is secured the KAMAG transporter and the crane has been removed. via NASA ift.tt/2lTI4H3
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Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around CYGNUS. was taken on February 22, 2017 at 12:16PM

Friday, March 3, 2017

“Hubble Showcases a Remarkable Galactic Hybrid” was uploaded to Flickr


UGC 12591's classification straddles somewhere between a lenticular and a spiral galaxy. It lies just under 400 million light-years from us in the Pisces–Perseus Supercluster. via NASA ift.tt/2mTX87x
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Hubble Showcases a Remarkable Galactic Hybrid was taken on February 27, 2017 at 01:00AM

Thursday, March 2, 2017

“Pearl Young at Langley's Flight Instrumentation Facility, March 1929” was uploaded to Flickr


In this March 29, 1929 photograph, Pearl I. Young is working in the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory's Flight Instrumentation Facility (Building 1202). Young was the first woman hired as a technical employee, a physicist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the second female physicist working for the federal government. via NASA ift.tt/2lx2zsi
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Pearl Young at Langley's Flight Instrumentation Facility, March 1929 was taken on March 24, 2015 at 06:44AM

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

“Full-Circle Vista With a Linear Shaped Martian Sand Dune” was uploaded to Flickr


The left side of this 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the long rows of ripples on a linear shaped dune in the Bagnold Dune Field on the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. via NASA ift.tt/2mFkfDS
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Full-Circle Vista With a Linear Shaped Martian Sand Dune was taken on February 24, 2017 at 06:05AM