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OSIRIS-REx Bids Farewell to Asteroid Bennu

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay OSIRIS-REx bids farewell to Asteroid Bennu and begins its long journey home.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/osiris-rex-bids-farewell-to-asteroid-bennu

Looking at Stars in the Early Universe

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This June 2020 image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACS J0416.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/looking-at-stars-in-the-early-universe

Hubble Gazes at a Cluster Full of Cosmic Clues

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This detailed image features Abell 3827, a galaxy cluster that offers a wealth of exciting possibilities for study.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-gazes-at-a-cluster-full-of-cosmic-clues

Hey Ricky: It's Teacher Appreciation Week!

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut and teacher Ricky Arnold is shown on his first spacewalk as a crewmember on STS-119.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hey-ricky-its-teacher-appreciation-week

President Kennedy Awards Alan Shepard NASA's Distinguished Service Medal

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/president-kennedy-awards-alan-shepard-nasas-distinguished-service-medal

Discovering Circumbinary Star Systems

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay When the the first Star Wars movie was released in 1977, it featured the now-iconic two-sun, “circumbinary” planet Tatooine.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/discovering-circumbinary-star-systems

Alan Shepard Completes His Mission

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut. In this image, he is shown being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown. The flight carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1344.html

Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Operations Lead Swati Mohan

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Swati Mohan is currently the Mars 2020 Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Operations Lead, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/perseverance-mars-rover-mission-guidance-navigation-and-controls-operations-lead-swati

Hubble Views a Dazzling Cosmic Necklace

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas ­– a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-views-a-dazzling-cosmic-necklace

Space Launch System Core Stage Arrives at the Kennedy Space Center

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay After its journey from NASA’s Stennis Space Center aboard the Pegasus barge, the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on April 27, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/space-launch-system-core-stage-arrives-at-the-kennedy-space-center

Constant Gardening on the Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronauts on the space station recently enjoyed a fresh supply of leafy greens, thanks in large part to the efforts of astronaut Michael Hopkins.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/constant-gardening-on-the-space-station

A View of SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Approaching the Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image from April 24, 2021, shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-view-of-spacex-crew-dragon-endeavour-approaching-the-station

How Stars Explode

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/how-stars-explode

SpaceX Crew-2 Launch

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington as it is launches the Crew-2 mission.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-2-launch

There's No Place Like Home

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay ​Sunset at Gobabeb, Namibia.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/theres-no-place-like-home-0

The Places We Call Home

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image that astronaut Scott Kelly posted to Twitter on Aug. 9, 2015 during his #YearInSpace captures all the the places humans dwell.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-places-we-call-home

SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Crew-2 are seen as they prepare to depart for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-2-dress-rehearsal

Almost Every Galaxy Has One – A Black Hole, That Is

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/almost-every-galaxy-has-one-a-black-hole-that-is

Tokyo at Night

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The night lights of Tokyo, Japan, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the island nation.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/tokyo-at-night

Sometimes Black Holes Are Prettier in Pink

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image, taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 2012, shows an extraordinary outburst from a black hole.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sometimes-black-holes-are-prettier-in-pink