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These two detailed, true color images of Pluto were captured during the historic New Horizons flyby last month. With slightly different perspectives on the now recognizeable surface features they are presented in this first high quality stereo pair intended for viewing by denizens of planet Earth. The left hand image (left eye) is a mosaic recorded when the spacecraft was about 450,000 kilometers from Pluto. The right single image was acquired earlier, a last full look before the spacecraft's closest approach. Despite a difference in resolution, the pair combine for a stunning 3D perception of the distant, underworldly terrain. via NASA ift.tt/1KS4Shi
NASA and Boeing have completed Starliner’s last parachute balloon-drop test designed to strengthen the spacecraft’s landing system ahead of crewed flights. via NASA December 08, 2020
Head of NASA Charles Bolden gives the annual State of NASA address at NASA Langley in Hampton. Bolden discussed progress on the Mars mission and how Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget will affect NASA. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016.
On February 23, 2016, NASA Associate Administrator William H. Gerstenmaier held an engaging lecture on human spaceflight at the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Mr. Gerstenmaier shed light on how human spaceflight advances exploration, innovation, science, and international collaboration. NASA will embark on the journey to Mars in phases, moving outposts ever farther into the frontier.
NASA astronauts Anne McClain (background) and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/2SFSutQ
These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as the "Mice" because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through the other. The long tails are created by the relative difference between gravitational pulls on the near and far parts of each galaxy. Because the distances are so large, the cosmic interaction takes place in slow motion -- over hundreds of millions of years. NGC 4676 lies about 300 million light-years away toward the constellation of Bernice's Hair (Coma Berenices) and are likely members of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies. The above picture was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2002. These galactic mice will probably collide again and again over the next billion years until they coalesce to form a single galaxy. via NASA 1.usa.gov/1LCltH6
Lt. Governor Miller Tours the NASA Goddard Campus by Patrick Siebert at 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Taking part in the Safari 2000 project in Pietersburg, South Africa
) SAFARI 2000 – Pietersberg, 2000
The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) project was an international science initiative to study the linkages between land and atmosphere processes conducted from 1999-2001 in the southern African region. In addition, SAFARI 2000 examined the relationship of biogenic, pyrogenic, and anthropogenic emissions and the consequences of their deposition to the functioning of the biogeophysical and biogeochemical systems of southern Africa.
During September 2000 NASA flew an ER-2 out of Polokwane, also known as Pietersburg. The ER2 carried a number of imaging instruments and was accompanied by low level in situ measurements conducted from a University of Washington C-580. Flying took place over South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia. The project was supported and supplied by a USAF C-141 and K -135 from March AFB. The single seater ER-2 flew across the Atlantic from Recife Brazil.
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All Photos: Courtesy of Frank Eckardt
We were lucky to get tickets to the last launch of Shuttle Atlantis- STS- 132. After this launch, there are only two more left!
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson visits Austin Community College on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, as part of NASA’s Destination Station tour, which provides guests the opportunity to explore the history of space exploration and learn about NASA’s work to provide technological advances to improve life on Earth.
Festival attendees visit NASA exhibits during Total Eclipse Fest 2024 on Saturday, April 6.
Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian
This telescopic close-up shows off the otherwise faint emission nebula IC 410. It also features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust below and right of center, the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga. via NASA ift.tt/1OIsvOj
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson visits Austin Community College on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, as part of NASA’s Destination Station tour, which provides guests the opportunity to explore the history of space exploration and learn about NASA’s work to provide technological advances to improve life on Earth.
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson visits Austin Community College on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, as part of NASA’s Destination Station tour, which provides guests the opportunity to explore the history of space exploration and learn about NASA’s work to provide technological advances to improve life on Earth.
The U.S. is committed to exploring space and supporting STEM education to inspire future leaders. From December 14-16, NASA's Astronaut Office Chief, Joseph M. Acaba, made an inspiring historic visit to Dhaka, sparking enthusiasm for space robotics and STEM among young minds. From interactive sessions with students to meaningful discussions with NASA Space App Challenge contestants, he inspired a new generation of space pioneers, paving the way for future collaborations between the U.S. and Bangladesh in advancing global science and technology. [Photo by Amena Islam/U.S. Embassy Dhaka]
Panorama of Curiosity images of straight line (relatively) cracks in rocks on the floor of Gale Crater. Color/processing variant.
Not fireworks, these intense shimmering lights still danced across Earth's night skies late last month, seen here above the planet's geographic south pole. The stunning auroral displays were triggered as a coronal mass ejection blasted from the Sun days earlier impacted the magnetosphere, beginning a widespread geomagnetic storm. The six fisheye panels were recorded with digital camera and battery in a heated box to guard against -90 degree F ambient temperatures of the long winter night. Around the horizon are south pole astronomical observatories, while beyond the Aurora Australis stretch the stars of the southern Milky Way. via NASA ift.tt/1gfGpIx
What's that in front of the Sun? The closest object is an airplane, visible just below the Sun's center and caught purely by chance. Next out are numerous clouds in Earth's atmosphere, creating a series of darkened horizontal streaks. Farther out is Earth's Moon, seen as the large dark circular bite on the upper right. Just above the airplane and just below the Sun's surface are sunspots. The main sunspot group captured here, AR 2192, is one of the largest ever recorded and has been crackling and bursting with flares since it came around the edge of the Sun early last week. Taken last Thursday, this show of solar silhouettes was unfortunately short-lived. Within a few seconds the plane flew away. Within a few minutes the clouds drifted off. Within a few hours the partial solar eclipse of the Sun by the Moon was over. Only the sunspot group remains, but within a few more days even AR 2192 will disappear around the edge of the Sun. Fortunately, when it comes to the Sun, even unexpected alignments are surprisingly frequent. via NASA ift.tt/1oNEuOT
Il cratere di Machaut: un’immagine del cratere intitolato in onore del poeta e compositore francese Guillaume de Machaut, catturata da Messenger durante il suo secondo flyby sopra il pianeta
Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
1899 East Launch Complex 39B, LC-39 Observation Gantry – Kennedy Space Center, 405 Nasa Parkway W, Merritt Island, Brevard, FL. April 29, 2008. Decimal degrees: 28.526009, -80.679184
"Launch Complex 39-Pad B"
First title on left:
"Liquid Oxygen Tank
Rotating Service Structure (RSS)
Fixed Service Structure (FSS)
Water Tower"