“SLS Engine Section Test Article Loaded on Barge Pegasus” was uploaded to Flickr

A engine section structural qualification test article for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, is loaded onto the barge Pegasus at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The test article now will make its way from Michoud to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for structural loads testing. via NASA ift.tt/2qc60YS
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SLS Engine Section Test Article Loaded on Barge Pegasus was taken on April 27, 2017 at 05:26AM

“Cassini Captures Closest Images of Saturn's Atmosphere” was uploaded to Flickr

Cassini Captures Closest Images of Saturn's Atmosphere via NASA ift.tt/2ozjMHC
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Cassini Captures Closest Images of Saturn's Atmosphere was taken on April 26, 2017 at 09:52PM

“Cygnus Spacecraft Approaches Space Station in the Sunset” was uploaded to Flickr

On Saturday April 22, 2017, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Using the station's robotic Canadarm2, Cygnus was successfully captured by Pesquet and Commander Peggy Whitson at 6:05 a.m. EDT Saturday morning. via NASA ift.tt/2qf1WWY
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Cygnus Spacecraft Approaches Space Station in the Sunset was taken on April 22, 2017 at 04:59AM

“James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom” was uploaded to Flickr

It's springtime and the deployed primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope looks like a spring flower in full bloom. Once launched into space, the Webb telescope’s 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. via NASA ift.tt/2oDRs37
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James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom was taken on April 13, 2017 at 05:06AM

“NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets Spaceflight Record” was uploaded to Flickr

534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut at 1:27 a.m. EDT on April 24, 2017, and with the recent extension of her stay at the International Space Station, she has five months to rack up a new one. via NASA ift.tt/2pcSZQM
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NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets Spaceflight Record was taken on December 03, 2016 at 09:24AM

“NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA's fleet of 18 Earth science missions in space, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations, measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person around the world. This visualization shows the NASA fleet in 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2plZ9yK
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NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth was taken on April 21, 2017 at 05:10AM

“Expedition 51 Launch to the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz MS-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 1:13 p.m. Baikonur time carrying NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2oq0hxi
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Expedition 51 Launch to the International Space Station was taken on April 20, 2017 at 09:13AM

“The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart” was uploaded to Flickr

At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes has revealed details about this giant black hole. via NASA ift.tt/2oOFlkG
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The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart was taken on April 18, 2017 at 10:56AM

“Liftoff of Orbital ATK Cargo Mission to International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

The Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is carried atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Orbital ATK's seventh commercial resupply services mission will deliver 7,600 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials to the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2oq0waK
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Liftoff of Orbital ATK Cargo Mission to International Space Station was taken on April 18, 2017 at 07:11AM

“Watercolor World” was uploaded to Flickr

When imaged at infrared wavelengths that pierce the planet’s upper haze layer, the high-speed winds of Saturn's atmosphere produce watercolor-like patterns. via NASA ift.tt/2pa9Owi
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Watercolor World was taken on April 17, 2017 at 02:42AM

“Hubble Sees Starbursts in Virgo” was uploaded to Flickr

Starburst galaxies contain regions where stars are forming at such a breakneck rate that the galaxy is eating up its gas supply faster than it can be replenished. via NASA ift.tt/2oc4cxm
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Hubble Sees Starbursts in Virgo was taken on October 26, 2016 at 12:31PM

“Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft Diving Through Plume of 'Ocean World' Enceladus” was uploaded to Flickr

This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus, in 2015. Two veteran NASA missions are providing new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, further heightening the scientific interest of these and other "ocean worlds" in our solar system and beyond. via NASA ift.tt/2pyf5di
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Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft Diving Through Plume of 'Ocean World' Enceladus was taken on April 11, 2017 at 04:55AM

“New Full-hemisphere Views of Earth at Night” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. This composite image, one of three new full-hemisphere views, provides a view of the Americas at night. via NASA ift.tt/2o6PerJ
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New Full-hemisphere Views of Earth at Night was taken on April 12, 2017 at 07:22AM

“New Technique For Designing and Manufacturing Heat Shields Under Study” was uploaded to Flickr

Through NASA's Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program, a fresh approach to designing and manufacturing heat-thwarting thermal protection systems - or heatshields - for spacecraft is being developed and tested, offering the promise of fabricating larger tile sizes while reducing labor, cost and waste. via NASA ift.tt/2p2cknX
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New Technique For Designing and Manufacturing Heat Shields Under Study was taken on April 10, 2017 at 09:53AM

“Expedition 50 Soyuz MS-02 Landing” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). via NASA ift.tt/2oqwnvB
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Expedition 50 Soyuz MS-02 Landing was taken on April 10, 2017 at 01:16PM

“When Jovian Light and Dark Collide” was uploaded to Flickr

This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, highlights a feature on Jupiter where multiple atmospheric conditions appear to collide. via NASA ift.tt/2o5rTs1
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When Jovian Light and Dark Collide was taken on April 07, 2017 at 03:16AM

“Interment of John Glenn at Arlington National Cemetery” was uploaded to Flickr

A horse drawn caisson carries former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn to his final resting place during the interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Virginia. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, in a five-hour flight aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2oOtUsT
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Interment of John Glenn at Arlington National Cemetery was taken on April 06, 2017 at 06:18AM

“Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft's Grand Finale Dive” was uploaded to Flickr

This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission's grand finale. Cassini will make 22 orbits that swoop between the rings and the planet before ending its mission on Sept. 15, 2017, with a final plunge into Saturn. via NASA ift.tt/2oCWUXh
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Illustration of Cassini Spacecraft's Grand Finale Dive was taken on April 05, 2017 at 04:12AM

“Space Station View of Auroras” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed brightly glowing auroras from his vantage point aboard the International Space Station on March 27, 2017. Pesquet wrote, "The view at night recently has been simply magnificent: few clouds, intense auroras. I can’t look away from the windows." via NASA ift.tt/2nYJfZv
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Space Station View of Auroras was taken on March 27, 2017 at 05:19AM

“Sliver of Saturn” was uploaded to Flickr

Although only a sliver of Saturn's sunlit face is visible in this view, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates the view. via NASA ift.tt/2oug9lG
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Sliver of Saturn was taken on April 03, 2017 at 06:31AM