Tuesday, October 4, 2016

“Rover's Panorama Taken Amid 'Murray Buttes' on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr


This 360-degree panorama was acquired by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover . via NASA ift.tt/2du2EL1
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Rover's Panorama Taken Amid 'Murray Buttes' on Mars was taken on September 29, 2016 at 03:14AM

Monday, October 3, 2016

“A Trio of Plumes in the South Sandwich Islands” was uploaded to Flickr


On September 29, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this false-color image (MODIS bands 7-2-1) showing volcanic activity in the South Sandwich Islands. Located in the South Atlantic Ocean, the uninhabited South Sandwich Islands include several active stratovolcanoes. via NASA ift.tt/2dMun9F
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A Trio of Plumes in the South Sandwich Islands was taken on October 03, 2016 at 04:10AM

Friday, September 30, 2016

“Space Station's Expandable Habitat” was uploaded to Flickr


The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is seen attached to the Tranquility module of the International Space Station. BEAM is an is an experimental expandable habitat. Expandable habitats, occasionally described as inflatable habitats, greatly decrease the amount of transport volume for future space missions. via NASA ift.tt/2dKqV2g
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Space Station's Expandable Habitat was taken on September 21, 2016 at 02:53PM

Thursday, September 29, 2016

“Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder” was uploaded to Flickr


In this photograph taken on Sept. 1, 2016, the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder structure has been configured for the Thermal Pathfinder Test at NASA Johnson Space Center's giant thermal vacuum chamber, called Chamber A. The Pathfinder is a test version of the structure that supports the telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2dufZGQ
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Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder was taken on September 01, 2016 at 07:33AM

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

“'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by Spitzer” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora's Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. via NASA ift.tt/2cWcwMr
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'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by Spitzer was taken on September 28, 2016 at 07:27AM

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

“Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence” was uploaded to Flickr


Orbiting above eastern North America, a crew member on the International Space Station photographed a dense pattern of eddies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Caught briefly in the Sun’s “glint point,” reflections off the water surface show an interlinked mass of swirls and eddies in the shallow water north of Prince Edward Island. via NASA ift.tt/2cAykkg
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Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence was taken on September 04, 2016 at 07:14AM

Monday, September 26, 2016

“Tectonically Active Planet Mercury” was uploaded to Flickr


New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet. Images obtained by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft reveal previously undetected small fault scarps— cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. via NASA ift.tt/2d3OfXI
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Tectonically Active Planet Mercury was taken on September 22, 2016 at 12:08PM