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James Webb Telescope Rolls to the Pad Aboard an Ariane 5 Rocket

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/james-webb-telescope-rolls-to-the-pad-aboard-an-ariane-5-rocket

Small (But Mighty) Weather Instruments

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image, the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments are shown in the trunk of the cargo craft.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/small-but-mighty-weather-instruments

Behold a Winter Solstice

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Earth's solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, this year's winter solstice happens on Dec. 21.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/behold-a-winter-solstice

Blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay These blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope were created as a prop for a video series.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/blueprints-of-the-james-webb-space-telescope

Hubble Views a Galaxy With an Explosive Past

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-views-a-galaxy-with-an-explosive-past

Reflections of Starlight

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming star that is accumulating gas and dust.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/reflections-of-starlight

Eugene Parker Watches the Liftoff of the Mission Named in His Honor

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/eugene-parker-watches-the-liftoff-of-the-mission-named-in-his-honor

A Cosmic Delivery – NASA Receives Samples of Asteroid Ryugu

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay IIn this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu is transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-cosmic-delivery-nasa-receives-samples-of-asteroid-ryugu

The Geminids Are Here!

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-geminids-are-here

Snoopy to Fly Aboard Artemis I

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Snoopy, the Zero G Indicator for the Artemis I mission, was delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 2021.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/snoopy-to-fly-aboard-artemis-i

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