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Exploring the Secrets of the Universe

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/exploring-the-secrets-of-the-universe

Observing a Dark Nebula

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/observing-a-dark-nebula

Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/laser-communications-relay-demonstration-lifts-off

Eclipse Over Antarctica

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/eclipse-over-antarctica

Become a Flight Director ... And Perhaps a Legend

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/become-a-flight-director-and-perhaps-a-legend

Photographing Mars

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/photographing-mars

Eagle, Omega Nebula, Trifid, and Lagoon: Four Famous Nebulae

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/eagle-omega-nebula-trifid-and-lagoon-four-famous-nebulae

Dragons-Eye View

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/dragons-eye-view

Between Earth and Sky

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/between-earth-and-sky

Hubble’s View of Planetary Nebula Reveals Complex Structure

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-s-view-of-planetary-nebula-reveals-complex-structure

Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded With Light

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/black-hole-collision-may-have-exploded-with-light

Hubble Witnesses Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man Nebula

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-witnesses-shock-wave-of-colliding-gases-in-running-man-nebula

Stay Tuned for DART!

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will help determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/stay-tuned-for-dart

Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-spots-swirls-of-dust-in-the-flame-nebula

Crew-1 Astronaut Victor Glover Meets with DC Students

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks with students about his time aboard the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-1-astronaut-victor-glover-meets-with-dc-students

Suits at the Ready for Next Spacewalk

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suits-at-the-ready-for-next-spacewalk

Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern constellation Chamaeleon.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-spies-newly-forming-star-incubates-in-ic-2631

Observing Earth from the Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/observing-earth-from-the-space-station

Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station

Mocha Swirls in Jupiter’s Turbulent Atmosphere

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mocha-swirls-in-jupiter-s-turbulent-atmosphere