Wednesday, October 19, 2016

“Expedition 49 Launch to the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


The Soyuz MS-02 rocket is launched with Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The crew will spend the next four months living and working aboard the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2dOhf2S
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Expedition 49 Launch to the International Space Station was taken on October 19, 2016 at 10:06AM

Thursday, October 13, 2016

“A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design” was uploaded to Flickr


A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design via NASA ift.tt/2e3QlEM
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A Laser-Sharp View of Blended Wing Body Plane Design was taken on October 06, 2016 at 04:38AM

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

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


NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inspected the Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the International Space Station. Expandable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft while providing greater volume for living and working in space once expanded. via NASA ift.tt/2dWqgIy
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Inspecting the Space Station's Expandable Habitat was taken on September 05, 2016 at 07:33AM

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

“In Daylight on the Night Side” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down at the rings of Saturn from above the planet's nightside. via NASA ift.tt/2dtjGYK
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In Daylight on the Night Side was taken on October 10, 2016 at 02:51AM

Friday, October 7, 2016

“Star Trails Seen From Low Earth Orbit” was uploaded to Flickr


Astronauts on the International Space Station captured a series of incredible star trail images on Oct. 3, 2016, as they orbited at 17,500 miles per hour. The station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, and astronauts aboard see an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. via NASA ift.tt/2dF0jNE
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Star Trails Seen From Low Earth Orbit was taken on October 03, 2016 at 06:14PM

Thursday, October 6, 2016

“Space Station Flyover of Hurricane Matthew” was uploaded to Flickr


The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low Earth orbit as the storm hit the Caribbean Sea and made its way towards Florida. In this photograph taken by Expedition 49 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins on Oct. 4, 2016, at 21:05 GMT, the hurricane's clouds extend across the frame. via NASA ift.tt/2cWWi4D
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Space Station Flyover of Hurricane Matthew was taken on October 04, 2016 at 05:05PM

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

“Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti” was uploaded to Flickr


On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a category-4 storm—the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean nation in more than 50 years. Just hours after landfall, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image. via NASA ift.tt/2dKCYOn
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Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti was taken on October 05, 2016 at 04:44AM