A Different View of the Mars Perseverance Launch
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The engines fired as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover onboard launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-different-view-of-the-mars-perseverance-launch
Mars Perseverance: Prepared for Launch to the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mars-perseverance-prepared-for-launch-to-the-red-planet
Countdown to Mars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
Jezero Crater, Landing Site for the Mars Perseverance Rover
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image of Jezero Crater, the landing site for the Mars Perseverance Rover, was taken by instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jezero-crater-landing-site-for-the-mars-perseverance-rover
Carrying a Telescope Aloft
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/carrying-a-telescope-aloft
Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-11-aboard-the-uss-hornet
Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lake
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/comet-neowise-streaks-across-the-sky-above-lone-pine-lake
We Came in Peace for All Mankind
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts made history by landing on the surface of another celestial body.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind
Apollo 11 Launches into History
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission launched via a Saturn V rocket on a mission to the Moon.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-11-launches-into-history
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An Orbital Partnership Is Born
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On July 17, 1975, something momentous happened: two Cold War-rivals met in space. When their respective spacecraft rendezvoused and docked, a new era of cooperative ventures in space began.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2309.html
Perseverance Rover Mated to Its Atlas V Rocket
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/perseverance-rover-mated-to-its-atlas-v-rocket
Hubble Sees a Star Called HBC 672 and the Bat Shadow
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A young star's unseen, planet-forming disk casts a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hubble-sees-a-star-called-hbc-672-and-the-bat-shadow
Creating Psyche: Mission to an Asteroid
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASA's Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/creating-psyche-mission-to-an-asteroid
STS-135: Shuttle's Final Launch and the Beginning of a New Era
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission launched from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011 and was the last space shuttle mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sts-135-shuttles-final-launch-and-the-beginning-of-a-new-era
Heat Shield Milestone Complete for First Orion Mission with Crew
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/heat-shield-milestone-complete-for-first-orion-mission-with-crew
Jupiter's Magnificent Swirling Clouds
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jupiters-magnificent-swirling-clouds
July 4, 1997: Sojourner Arrives on the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived on Mars on July 4, 1997.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/july-4-1997-sojourner-arrives-on-the-red-planet
