Monday, April 11, 2016

“The Great Divide” was uploaded to Flickr


It's difficult to get a sense of scale when viewing Saturn's rings, but the Cassini Division (seen here between the bright B ring and dimmer A ring) is almost as wide as the planet Mercury. via NASA ift.tt/1ROQuvB
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The Great Divide was taken on April 08, 2016 at 11:51AM

Friday, April 8, 2016

“Busy Traffic at the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA took this photograph on April 6, 2016, as the International Space Station flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station. The station crew awaits the scheduled launch today, April 8, of the third resupply vehicle in three weeks: a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/1SEPqqq
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Busy Traffic at the International Space Station was taken on April 03, 2016 at 07:58AM

Thursday, April 7, 2016

“April 7, 1991, Deployment of Breakthrough Gamma-ray Observatory” was uploaded to Flickr


Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, an astronomical satellite that transformed our knowledge of the high-energy sky. In this view, taken on April 7, 1991, from the aft flight deck window of space shuttle Atlantis, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory is released by the shuttle's remote manipulator system. via NASA ift.tt/23lAYLv
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April 7, 1991, Deployment of Breakthrough Gamma-ray Observatory was taken on July 07, 2009 at 10:17AM

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

“Computer-Simulated Image of a Supermassive Black Hole” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe. The observations, made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii, may indicate that these monster objects may be more common than once thought. via NASA ift.tt/1UWtvRX
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Computer-Simulated Image of a Supermassive Black Hole was taken on April 05, 2016 at 11:35AM

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

“The Turbulent North Atlantic” was uploaded to Flickr


The Gulf Stream waters flow in somewhat parallel layers, slicing across what is otherwise a fairly turbulent western North Atlantic Ocean in this March 9, 2016 image collected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite. The turbulence is made visible by the pigmented phytoplankton it entrains. via NASA ift.tt/1YdApQo
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The Turbulent North Atlantic was taken on April 05, 2016 at 05:41AM

Monday, April 4, 2016

“Moonset Viewed From the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA took this striking photograph of the moon from his vantage point aboard the International Space Station on March 28, 2016. Peake shared the image on March 30 and wrote to his social media followers, "I was looking for #Antarctica – hard to spot from our orbit. Settled for a moonset instead." via NASA ift.tt/1RIC6kY
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Moonset Viewed From the International Space Station was taken on March 28, 2016 at 09:47AM

Friday, April 1, 2016

“Orion Spacecraft Suited Crew Testing” was uploaded to Flickr


Engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston are evaluating how crews inside a mockup of the Orion spacecraft interact with the rotational hand controller and cursor control device while inside their Modified Advanced Crew Escape spacesuits. via NASA ift.tt/1RPYvMc
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Orion Spacecraft Suited Crew Testing was taken on March 24, 2016 at 06:10AM