Friday, March 30, 2018

“Technology Then and Now” was uploaded to Flickr


Before there were computers and software that could stitch together digital images, they were printed on photo paper, trimmed by hand, and taped in place on a large black board. via NASA ift.tt/2Gqyvtz
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Technology Then and Now was taken on December 30, 2009 at 09:06AM

Thursday, March 29, 2018

“Getting InSight on the Interior of Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


Inside the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, Mars lander is tested ahead of its scheduled launch on May 5, 2018. via NASA ift.tt/2urTvyE
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Getting InSight on the Interior of Mars was taken on March 02, 2018 at 09:46AM

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

“This is TESS, Our Newest Planet-Hunter” was uploaded to Flickr


TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system, including those that could support life. via NASA ift.tt/2J1kCU9
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This is TESS, Our Newest Planet-Hunter was taken on March 28, 2018 at 05:30AM

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

“Curiosity Rover Gets Ready for Its Next Adventure” was uploaded to Flickr


This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. via NASA ift.tt/2pOJ4j9
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Curiosity Rover Gets Ready for Its Next Adventure was taken on March 27, 2018 at 04:31AM

Monday, March 26, 2018

“Claudia Alexander and Her Life Well-Lived” was uploaded to Flickr


Claudia Alexander, the project scientist overseeing NASA's support role in the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, stands on the view deck of mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. via NASA ift.tt/2pHX9yJ
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Claudia Alexander and Her Life Well-Lived was taken on March 26, 2018 at 06:30AM

Friday, March 23, 2018

“Hubble’s Exquisite View of a Stellar Nursery” was uploaded to Flickr


An underlying population of infant stars embedded in the nebula NGC 346 are still forming from gravitationally collapsing gas clouds. via NASA ift.tt/2pxRyfc
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Hubble’s Exquisite View of a Stellar Nursery was taken on January 12, 2005 at 04:00PM

Thursday, March 22, 2018

“A View From a Launch” was uploaded to Flickr


The Soyuz MS-08 rocket launched Wednesday, March 21, 2018, bringing three new crewmembers to the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2Gjdlk2
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A View From a Launch was taken on March 21, 2018 at 07:46PM

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

“The Beauty of Light” was uploaded to Flickr


The Soyuz MS-08 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, March 21, 2018, to join the crew of the Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2FYN9Yx
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The Beauty of Light was taken on March 21, 2018 at 07:43PM

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

“Space Station Bound!” was uploaded to Flickr


Workers are seen on the launch pad as the Soyuz rocket arrives after being rolled out by train, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA ift.tt/2pqzV0K
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Space Station Bound! was taken on March 19, 2018 at 04:59AM

Monday, March 19, 2018

“Going for Atmospheric GOLD” was uploaded to Flickr


In late Jan. 2018, NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument was launched into space aboard a commercial satellite. via NASA ift.tt/2GHMTyz
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Going for Atmospheric GOLD was taken on December 25, 2017 at 06:00AM

Friday, March 16, 2018

“Rose-Colored Jupiter” was uploaded to Flickr


This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter. via NASA ift.tt/2FESHeN
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Rose-Colored Jupiter was taken on March 16, 2018 at 03:30AM

Thursday, March 15, 2018

“The Aurora Named STEVE” was uploaded to Flickr


What's in a name? If your name is Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement aka STEVE, then there's quite bit behind the name. via NASA ift.tt/2FF42f2
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The Aurora Named STEVE was taken on June 05, 2016 at 07:37PM

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

“There's Always Pi!” was uploaded to Flickr


Just by determining how circular a given crater is – using pi and the crater’s perimeter and area – planetary geologists can reveal clues about how the crater was formed and the surface that was impacted. via NASA ift.tt/2IncexY
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There's Always Pi! was taken on March 14, 2018 at 03:30AM

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

“Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17” was uploaded to Flickr


Not everyone gets to become a part of history, but mathematician Billie Robertson is one of the lucky ones. In this image taken on Nov. 27, 1972, she was running a real-time simulation of Translunar Injection (TLI) Go-No-Go for the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. via NASA ift.tt/2FS6VIG
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Running a Real-Time Simulation of Go-No-Go for Apollo 17 was taken on March 08, 2018 at 09:21AM

Monday, March 12, 2018

“Dramatic Dione” was uploaded to Flickr


Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. via NASA ift.tt/2p6YbUu
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Dramatic Dione was taken on March 12, 2018 at 04:30AM

Friday, March 9, 2018

“Veggies in Space!” was uploaded to Flickr


The crew aboard the International Space Station have grown two batches of mixed greens (mizuna, red romaine lettuce and tokyo bekana cabbage), and are now running two Veggie facilities simultaneously. via NASA ift.tt/2Fvm1Av
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Veggies in Space! was taken on February 25, 2018 at 07:31AM

Thursday, March 8, 2018

“Imaging the Universe” was uploaded to Flickr


Known as the 'Mother of Hubble,' Nancy Grace Roman is shown here at the Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago in 1948, where she was studying for her doctorate in astronomy. via NASA ift.tt/2FDE2zJ
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Imaging the Universe was taken on December 04, 2017 at 10:24AM

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

“Structural Test Version of the Intertank for NASA's New Deep Space Rocket” was uploaded to Flickr


The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive Space Launch System core stage, built at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and delivered to Marshall Space Flight Center for testing. via NASA ift.tt/2D7lKBx
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Structural Test Version of the Intertank for NASA's New Deep Space Rocket was taken on March 06, 2018 at 01:42AM

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

“The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles” was uploaded to Flickr


This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars, but what's on the ground in between the dunes is just as interesting! via NASA ift.tt/2tjh9wx
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The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles was taken on March 06, 2018 at 03:32AM

Monday, March 5, 2018

“Building the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronauts Joan Higginbotham (foreground) and Suni Williams refer to a procedures checklist as they work the controls of the Canadarm2, in this 2006 image. via NASA ift.tt/2FrgsWT
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Building the Space Station was taken on March 05, 2018 at 04:31AM

Friday, March 2, 2018

“Jovian ‘Twilight Zone’” was uploaded to Flickr


This image captures the swirling cloud formations around the south pole of Jupiter, looking up toward the equatorial region. via NASA ift.tt/2GX7Ynp
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Jovian ‘Twilight Zone’ was taken on March 01, 2018 at 06:16AM

Thursday, March 1, 2018

“'Twas the Night Before Launch” was uploaded to Flickr


The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-S) satellite sits on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, backdropped by the setting Sun. GOES-S is slated to lift off on March 1 at 5:02 p.m. EST. via NASA ift.tt/2t6l6ob
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'Twas the Night Before Launch was taken on March 01, 2018 at 02:30AM