Tuesday, February 9, 2016

“Feb. 9, 1995, Bernard Harris and Michael Foale Ready For a Spacewalk” was uploaded to Flickr


STS-63 astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander (right), and C. Michael Foale, mission specialist (left), are ready to exit space shuttle Discovery's airlock for a spacewalk on Feb. 9, 1995. On this extravehicular activity (EVA), which lasted 4 hours and 38 minutes, Bernard Harris became the first African-American to walk in space. via NASA ift.tt/20TmLnI
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Feb. 9, 1995, Bernard Harris and Michael Foale Ready For a Spacewalk was taken on February 08, 1995 at 07:00PM

Monday, February 8, 2016

“Space Station Flyover of Super Bowl 50” was uploaded to Flickr


On the evening of Feb. 7, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly snapped this photo of Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. from the International Space Station, writing, "Got to see the #SuperBowl in person after all! But at 17,500MPH, it didn't last long. #YearInSpace" via NASA ift.tt/20Rhu07
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Space Station Flyover of Super Bowl 50 was taken on February 08, 2016 at 04:40AM

Friday, February 5, 2016

“Hubble Views Merging Galaxies in Eridanus” was uploaded to Flickr


This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 1487, lying about 30 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Eridanus. via NASA ift.tt/1nLNNyI
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Hubble Views Merging Galaxies in Eridanus was taken on February 01, 2016 at 01:00AM

Thursday, February 4, 2016

“Floating Hills on Pluto's Sputnik Planum” was uploaded to Flickr


The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto’s surrounding uplands. These hills individually measure one to several miles or kilometers across, according to images and data from NASA’s New Horizons mission. via NASA ift.tt/1nPILSw
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Floating Hills on Pluto's Sputnik Planum was taken on February 01, 2016 at 08:43AM

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

“Feb. 3, 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot's Station on Shuttle Discovery” was uploaded to Flickr


In this Feb. 3, 1995, image taken onboard space shuttle Discovery on flight day one of the STS-63 mission, astronaut Eileen M. Collins -- the first woman to pilot the shuttle -- is at the pilot's station during a "hotfiring" procedure prior to rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/1o6BSMq
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Feb. 3, 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot's Station on Shuttle Discovery was taken on August 13, 2009 at 10:56AM

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

“Successful Deployment of University Satellites From Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of ESA captured this photo on Jan. 29, 2016 from the International Space Station, as the robotic arm in Japan's Kibo laboratory successfully deployed two combined satellites: AggieSat4 built by Texas A&M University students, and BEVO-2 built by University of Texas students. via NASA ift.tt/1PdBVNe
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Successful Deployment of University Satellites From Space Station was taken on January 29, 2016 at 10:56AM

Monday, February 1, 2016

“Super Guppy Ready to Transport the Orion Spacecraft” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA's Super Guppy aircraft readies to transport an Orion spacecraft from the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA ift.tt/1P9X4be
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Super Guppy Ready to Transport the Orion Spacecraft was taken on February 01, 2016 at 03:12AM