Artist Concept of Space Launch System on Launchpad
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay The Space Launch System, or SLS, will be designed to carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, as well as important cargo, equipment and science experiments.
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/gallery/sls_launchpad1.html
Sunrise Shadows Over the Philippine Sea
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows over a cloudy Philippine Sea.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunrise-shadows-over-the-philippine-sea
Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the “death” of a star 20 times more massive than our Sun 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. Light from this supernova takes around 2,400 years to reach Earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-views-edge-of-stellar-blast
Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars born from the same dense clumps of gas and dust.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spitzer-captures-stellar-family-portrait
A Fermi Spirograph and Women’s Equality Day
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women’s Equality Day?
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-fermi-spirograph-and-womens-equality-day
Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/artist-s-view-of-a-planet-where-liquid-water-might-exist
Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay In this image, one of the radiation detectors for the Radi-N2 experiment floats in the space station. This device will help researchers explore the radition risk to humans in space.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/defining-radiation-risk-to-astronauts
Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-hooks-a-supernova-host-galaxy
Station Crew Spots Hurricane Genevieve
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay Hurricane Genevieve is pictured off the Pacific coast of Mexico from the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/station-crew-spots-hurricane-genevieve
NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay We’re celebrating National Aviation Day! After all, we are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aviation and aeronautics are as much a part of our mission as space travel.
Canadarm2 and Japan’s HTV-9 Resupply Ship
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay The versatile Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to grapple and remove the HTV-9 resupply craft from the space station’s Harmony module.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/canadarm2-and-japans-htv-9-resupply-ship
Astronaut Chris Cassidy Does Housekeeping in Space
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay This past weekend, NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy was no exception as he collected trash for disposal during weekend housekeeping activities.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-chris-cassidy-does-housekeeping-in-space
This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/this-gas-giant-is-pretty-in-pink
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/one-rehearsal-away-from-touching-asteroid-bennu
Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/curiosity-celebrates-8-years-on-the-red-planet
Outbursts from a Double Star System
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/outbursts-from-a-double-star-system
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Lifted Aboard Recovery Ship
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-endeavour-lifted-aboard-recovery-ship
Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-dragon-safely-returns-astronauts
SpaceX Crew Dragon As It Approached the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA's Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-as-it-approached-the-space-station
Liftoff to the Red Planet!
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020.