Thursday, May 31, 2018

“Exposed Bedrock on the Red Planet's Hale Crater” was uploaded to Flickr


This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Hale Crater, a large impact crater. via NASA ift.tt/2xEBCOL
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Exposed Bedrock on the Red Planet's Hale Crater was taken on May 31, 2018 at 05:30AM

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

“Black Hole Bounty Captured in the Center of the Milky Way” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. via NASA ift.tt/2LI5Tz7
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Black Hole Bounty Captured in the Center of the Milky Way was taken on April 30, 2018 at 10:32AM

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

“Our Sputtering Sun” was uploaded to Flickr


An active region rotated into view and sputtered with numerous small flares and towering magnetic field lines that stretched out many times the diameter of Earth. via NASA ift.tt/2kvu6vY
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Our Sputtering Sun was taken on May 25, 2018 at 07:44AM

Friday, May 25, 2018

“Hubble’s Galaxy Cluster Cornucopia” was uploaded to Flickr


The swirling spiral to the lower left of the frame is far from the most interesting spectacle here — behind it sits a galaxy cluster. via NASA ift.tt/2xexaWF
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Hubble’s Galaxy Cluster Cornucopia was taken on May 21, 2018 at 02:00AM

Thursday, May 24, 2018

“Going Forward” was uploaded to Flickr


This close-up image is of a 2-inch-deep hole produced using a new drilling technique for NASA's Curiosity rover. The hole is about 0.6 inches (1.6 centimeters) in diameter. This image was taken by Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) on Sol 2057. via NASA ift.tt/2x8O5d9
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Going Forward was taken on May 24, 2018 at 03:31AM

Sunday, May 20, 2018

“Antares Rocket Set to Launch NASA Science to the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen at launch Pad-0A, Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Liftoff is currently targeted for 4:39 a.m. Eastern on Monday, May 21. via NASA ift.tt/2KDn4jU
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Antares Rocket Set to Launch NASA Science to the International Space Station was taken on May 19, 2018 at 09:59AM

Friday, May 18, 2018

“Orbital ATK Rocket Rolls Out for May 21 Launch” was uploaded to Flickr


An Orbital ATK rocket rolls out to launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on May 17, 2018, in advance of a May 21 launch from Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2k8bPor
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Orbital ATK Rocket Rolls Out for May 21 Launch was taken on May 17, 2018 at 07:29PM

“Hubble Catches a Spiral Galaxy in Disguise” was uploaded to Flickr


NGC 1032 cleaves the quiet darkness of space in two in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2KCXCuN
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Hubble Catches a Spiral Galaxy in Disguise was taken on March 09, 2018 at 05:35AM

Thursday, May 17, 2018

“An Amazing View” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronaut Ricky Arnold took this selfie during the May 16, 2018, spacewalk. via NASA ift.tt/2L8kFyR
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An Amazing View was taken on May 16, 2018 at 11:47AM

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

“A Sunny Day” was uploaded to Flickr


Each and every day NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes our Sun and relays observational data to scientists on Earth. via NASA ift.tt/2IkYsf2
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A Sunny Day was taken on May 15, 2018 at 04:31AM

Monday, May 14, 2018

“Europa by the Numbers” was uploaded to Flickr


Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter's moon Europa in 1610. More than four centuries later, astronomers are still making discoveries about its icy surface. via NASA ift.tt/2wElr3b
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Europa by the Numbers was taken on May 14, 2018 at 08:30AM

Friday, May 11, 2018

“Hubble Spies Glowing Galaxies in Massive Cluster” was uploaded to Flickr


In the darkness of the distant universe, these galaxies resemble glowing fireflies, flickering candles, charred embers floating up from a bonfire, and light bulbs softly shining. via NASA ift.tt/2rA7xKw
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Hubble Spies Glowing Galaxies in Massive Cluster was taken on May 07, 2018 at 02:00AM

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

“Full Moon Over Newfoundland” was uploaded to Flickr


The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of the full moon on April 30, 2018, as the station orbited off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. via NASA ift.tt/2rviCfM
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Full Moon Over Newfoundland was taken on April 30, 2018 at 06:30AM

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

“Spring Color in the North Sea” was uploaded to Flickr


Warm air and sunlight beget warmer ocean waters and provoke blooms of the “grass of the sea”—phytoplankton. via NASA ift.tt/2IqMWlB
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Spring Color in the North Sea was taken on May 07, 2018 at 11:04AM

“Astronaut-Educator Ricky Arnold Conducts Science on Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronaut-educator Ricky Arnold conducts student-designed science on the Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2rskpSU
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Astronaut-Educator Ricky Arnold Conducts Science on Station was taken on April 11, 2018 at 04:57AM

Friday, May 4, 2018

“Voyage to the Red Planet” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA's InSight spacecraft rests aboard a ULA Atlas V rocket, awaiting launch scheduled on May 5, 2018. via NASA ift.tt/2jsm0Uk
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Voyage to the Red Planet was taken on May 04, 2018 at 04:30AM

Thursday, May 3, 2018

“Tangled Up in Blue” was uploaded to Flickr


The lone active region visible on our Sun put on a fine display with its tangled magnetic field lines swaying and twisting above it (Apr. 24-26, 2018) when viewed in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. via NASA ift.tt/2w8P906
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Tangled Up in Blue was taken on May 03, 2018 at 08:31AM

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

“Training 'Guardian Angels'” was uploaded to Flickr


"Guardian Angel" Pararescue specialists secure a covered life raft during an astronaut rescue training exercise. This exercise is part of preparation, with NASA's commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX, to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station aboard the Starliner and Crew Dragon spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2HHOiIZ
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Training 'Guardian Angels' was taken on April 17, 2018 at 08:34AM

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

“Testing the InSight Mars Lander's Solar Arrays” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA's InSight Mars mission will help scientists understand the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system (including Earth) more than four billion years ago. InSight, the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast, is targeted to launch Saturday, May 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. via NASA ift.tt/2HJbe6R
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Testing the InSight Mars Lander's Solar Arrays was taken on January 23, 2018 at 05:25AM