Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-captures-a-cannibal-galaxy
Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/rosette-nebula-gives-birth-to-stars
Klotho and Lina
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Be An Astronaut
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In March 2017, Peggy Whitson broke the then-spacewalking record for female astronauts.
Celebrating NASA's Astronaut-Physicians
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Today is National Doctors' Day!
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/celebrating-nasas-astronaut-physicians
Hubble Hooks a One-Arm Galaxy
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Located about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-hooks-a-one-arm-galaxy
Denman Glacier in East Antarctica
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This photograph shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica that throw shadows against the ice.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/denman-glacier-in-east-antarctica
Tracking Methane Sources and Movement Around the Globe
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s new three-dimensional portrait of methane concentrations shows the world’s second largest contributor to greenhouse warming.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/tracking-methane-sources-and-movement-around-the-globe
Astronaut Christina Koch Services a 3-D Biological Printer
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Christina Koch handles media bags that enable the manufacturing of organ-like tissues using the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), a 3-D biological printer on the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-christina-koch-services-a-3-d-biological-printer
Viewing Our Galactic Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The central region of our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains an exotic collection of objects.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/viewing-our-galactic-center
Celebrating Women at NASA: Aerospace Engineer Michelle Lynde
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Michelle Lynde is an aerospace engineer who conducts aerodynamic analysis of configurations using Computational Fluid Dynamics tools, wind tunnel experiments and flight tests.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/celebrating-women-at-nasa-aerospace-engineer-michelle-lynde
Remembering Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Former astronaut Al Worden, command module pilot on the Apollo 15 lunar landing, passed away March 18, 2020, in Texas.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/remembering-apollo-15-astronaut-al-worden
Alligators and Rockets: Sharing the Kennedy Space Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay An alligator lurks in a marshy waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/alligators-and-rockets-sharing-the-kennedy-space-center
Test Version of Orion Capsule Recovered in the Pacific Ocean
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay With the USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) in the distance, helicopters from the HSC-23 squadron fly by a test version of an Orion capsule during Underway Recover y Test-8 in the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/test-version-of-orion-capsule-recovered-in-the-pacific-ocean
Next Space Station Crew Takes a Break From Training
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz trainer.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/next-space-station-crew-takes-a-break-from-training
Michun North: My Everyday Extraordinary Is Helping Launch America into Space
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Michun North is a program analyst, who helps manage finances for the Commercial Crew Program.
Apollo 9 Takes the Lunar Module for a Test Drive
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay When Apollo 9 in March 1969 human spaceflight, it was the second crewed mission and the countdown to Apollo 11.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-9-takes-the-lunar-module-for-a-test-drive
A Slice of Polar Layer Cake
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Martian ice cap is like a cake with every layer telling a story. In this case, the story is one of climate change on Mars.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-slice-of-polar-layer-cake
Image of a Supermoon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closet (perigee) to Earth.
SpaceX's Dragon Launches to Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lifted off on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday, March 6.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacexs-dragon-launches-to-space-station
