Wednesday, March 9, 2016

“Solar Eclipse Over the South Pacific Ocean” was uploaded to Flickr


During the afternoon of March 9, 2016, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of southeast Asia. An eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun. The MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the total solar eclipse moving across the south Pacific Ocean at 03:05 UTC on March 9, 2016. via NASA ift.tt/1W99nJh
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Solar Eclipse Over the South Pacific Ocean was taken on March 09, 2016 at 06:19AM

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

“Celebrating International Women's Day” was uploaded to Flickr


On April 8, 2010, STS-131 mission specialists Stephanie Wilson of NASA, Naoko Yamazaki of JAXA, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger of NASA, and Expedition 23 flight engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson (top left) work at the robotics workstation on the International Space Station, in support of transfer operations using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm . via NASA ift.tt/21Wd4c1
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Celebrating International Women's Day was taken on March 08, 2016 at 03:05AM

Monday, March 7, 2016

“Ahuna Mons on Ceres Seen From Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit” was uploaded to Flickr


The mysterious mountain Ahuna Mons is seen in this mosaic of images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/1QBSTcl
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Ahuna Mons on Ceres Seen From Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit was taken on March 07, 2016 at 03:58AM

Friday, March 4, 2016

“Hubble and a Stellar Fingerprint” was uploaded to Flickr


Showcased at the center of this Hubble Space Telescope image is an emission-line star known as IRAS 12196-6300, located just under 2,300 light-years from Earth. via NASA ift.tt/1VVtVog
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Hubble and a Stellar Fingerprint was taken on February 29, 2016 at 01:00AM

Thursday, March 3, 2016

“Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly Back in Texas after His Year in Space” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field, Thursday, March 3, 2016 in Houston, Texas after his return to Earth the previous day. via NASA ift.tt/1p1pcaC
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Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly Back in Texas after His Year in Space was taken on March 02, 2016 at 08:37PM

“Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns to Houston after a Year in Space” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns to Houston after a Year in Space via NASA ift.tt/1Skeya6
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Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns to Houston after a Year in Space was taken on March 02, 2016 at 08:29PM

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

“Last Sunrise From a Year in Space” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared a series of five sunrise photographs on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, as he prepared to depart the space station and return to Earth aboard a Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov are scheduled to undock their Soyuz at 8:02 p.m. EST and land at 11:25 p.m. via NASA ift.tt/1LSMWSJ
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Last Sunrise From a Year in Space was taken on March 01, 2016 at 06:12AM