Friday, October 19, 2018

“Hubble Spies Glittering Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy” was uploaded to Flickr


This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. via NASA ift.tt/2Akg2yl
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Hubble Spies Glittering Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy was taken on October 01, 2018 at 02:00AM

Thursday, October 18, 2018

“Launching the Galileo Mission” was uploaded to Flickr


On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis deployed NASA's Galileo spacecraft six hours, 30 minutes into the STS-34 mission. Galileo arrived at Jupiter in December, 1995 and spent eight years in orbit around the gas giant, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet. via NASA ift.tt/2CQtRXt
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Launching the Galileo Mission was taken on July 01, 2009 at 12:09PM

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

“Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity” was uploaded to Flickr


This artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A shows the dusty donut-shaped surroundings, called a torus, and jets launching from its center. via NASA ift.tt/2P0z3hl
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Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity was taken on October 17, 2018 at 04:31AM

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

“Uncrewed Japanese Vehicle Delivers Supplies to the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr


Viewed from a window inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," is the Japanese Exploration Agency's H-II Transfer Vehicle-7. via NASA ift.tt/2CNoDvQ
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Uncrewed Japanese Vehicle Delivers Supplies to the Space Station was taken on October 16, 2018 at 07:30AM

Monday, October 15, 2018

“Ellen Ochoa at Work on the Shuttle” was uploaded to Flickr


During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the achievements of astronaut Ellen Ochoa and other Hispanic astronauts and professionals at NASA. Floating upside down and reading a checklist may not be how most of us perform the day's work, but it was for Ochoa on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-96 mission. via NASA ift.tt/2yBhk5M
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Ellen Ochoa at Work on the Shuttle was taken on October 15, 2018 at 06:30AM

Friday, October 12, 2018

“Southern California as Seen From Apollo 7” was uploaded to Flickr


This view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th revolution of the Earth on Oct. 12, 1968. via NASA ift.tt/2Ceksbp
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Southern California as Seen From Apollo 7 was taken on January 21, 2009 at 10:37AM

Thursday, October 11, 2018

“Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur” was uploaded to Flickr


Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport. via NASA ift.tt/2yvfrYb
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Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur was taken on October 11, 2018 at 03:23PM