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Artemis II Crew Appears on "The Late Show"

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Artemis II crew appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on April 5, 2023.

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Artemis II Crew Revealed

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (from left) and NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch greet the crowd at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Monday, April 3, 2023.

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Patagonian Plankton Swirls

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Phytoplankton create rich blooms of color in the Atlantic Ocean near South America in this enhanced color image from Dec. 2, 2014.

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NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Sets Record

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-s-crawler-transporter-2-sets-record

Photo Archivist and Photographer Aubrey Gemignani

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay “I think I’m always seeking out projects that help people feel seen. And maybe that’s why I got so into photography initially. I struggle with that myself — feeling seen. And so to help other people feel seen is definitely an interest of mine that I keep coming back to." — Aubrey Gemignani, Photo Archivist/Photographer, Mori Associates

http://www.nasa.gov/faces-of-nasa/aubrey-gemignani

Earth’s Radiant Atmosphere

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.

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Working on Artemis II

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023, image.

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Celebrating Women in STEM

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Christyl Johnson, speaks during a panel discussion as part of a Women’s History Month program, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/celebrating-women-in-stem

Space Station Star Trail

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station.

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Louisiana’s Rice Fields

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana.

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Digital Lead Tahira Allen

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay "…You cannot grow without approaching the fear, embracing the fear, and then pushing past it." — Tahira Allen, Digital Lead, NASA's Planetary Science Division and Science Engagement and Partnership Division, Mori Associates, NASA Headquarters

http://www.nasa.gov/faces-of-nasa/tahira-allen

Galactic Giants Titan and Saturn

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, looks quite small in comparison to the giant planet behind it in this natural color view from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.

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Venus' Volcano

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/venus-volcano

Sunrise Over the Pacific

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay An orbital sunrise reveals cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Diana Trujillo Sparks Students' Curiosity

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, speaks to them on March 13, 2023.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/diana-trujillo-sparks-students-curiosity

Deputy Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement Kris Brown

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay "…Yes, you must be good at math and do the academic work to prepare you to do the kind of work we do. But in the end, it really comes down to unleashing this creativity and bringing minds together to achieve something that hasn’t been done before." — Kris Brown, Deputy Associate Administrator for STEM Engagement, NASA Headquarters

http://www.nasa.gov/faces-of-nasa/kris-brown

Crew-5’s Nighttime Splashdown

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

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Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-spots-a-star-forming-spiral

A Sliver of the Sun

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.

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Eileen Collins, Discovery Pilot

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Former astronaut Eileen Collins sits at the pilot’s station aboard space shuttle Discovery during a hotfiring procedure on Feb. 2, 1995.

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