Prepping for Wet Dress Rehearsal
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/prepping-for-wet-dress-rehearsal
Pilot Bob Hines in Training for Crew-4
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pilot-bob-hines-in-training-for-crew-4
Mark Vande Hei and Crew Mates Safely Land
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mark-vande-hei-and-crew-mates-safely-land
A Homecoming for Mark Vande Hei
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-homecoming-for-mark-vande-hei
Smash-Up: How To Create Rocky Planets
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/smash-up-how-to-create-rocky-planets
Pioneering Female Aviator Wally Funk Wins 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Wally Funk delivers remarks after accepting the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement.
What's New on the Moon ... After 50 Years
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay One of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 has been opened under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/whats-new-on-the-moon-after-50-years
Contraband Corned Beef and the Gemini III Mission
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for the launch.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/contraband-corned-beef-and-the-gemini-iii-mission
5,000 Exoplanets and Counting
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/5000-exoplanets-and-counting
A View to a Nebula
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens.
Artemis I in Moonlight
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Earth's Moon is seen rising behind NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.
Artemis I First Rollout
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s Space Launch Syste rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Remembering Visionary Heliophysicist Eugene Parker
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/remembering-visionary-heliophysicist-eugene-parker
NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-astronaut-breaks-american-space-record
Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-views-an-infant-stars-outburst
Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/cygnus-cargo-craft-at-the-space-station
3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/36-billion-years-in-pastel-colors
Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/engineering-nasa-s-return-to-the-moon
Nancy Grace Roman: First Chief Astronomer
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nancy-grace-roman-first-chief-astronomer
