A Stormy Stellar Nursery
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This cloudy, turbulent scene shows a stellar nursery within the Large Magellanic Cloud known as N159.
Michael E. López-Alegría Poses During Spacewalk
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular activity on Oct. 18, 2000.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/michael-e-l-pez-alegr-a-poses-during-spacewalk
A Bird's-Eye View of the Vehicle Assembly Base
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A little blue heron is seen in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-birds-eye-view-of-the-vehicle-assembly-base
Hubble Studies a Spectacular Spiral
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The galaxy NGC 1961 unfurls its gorgeous spiral arms in this newly released image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-studies-a-spectacular-spiral
Snowcapped Mountains in Western China
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/snowcapped-mountains-in-western-china
Setting the Clock on a Stellar Explosion
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A new image of SNR 0519-69.0 shows the debris of a star that exploded several hundred years ago in Earth’s timeframe.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/setting-the-clock-on-a-stellar-explosion.html
Reflecting on President Kennedy's Moonshot Speech
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/reflecting-on-president-kennedys-moonshot-speech
Mediterranean Cities Light Up the Night
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 261 miles above looks across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to southern Europe.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mediterranean-cities-light-up-the-night
Voyager 1’s Mission to the Outer Planet Begins
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/voyager-1-s-mission-to-the-outer-planet-begins
The Crab Nebula: Observations Through Time
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This composite of the Crab Nebula was made with data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue and white), Hubble Space Telescope (purple), and Spitzer Space Telescope (pink).
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-crab-nebula-observations-through-time
Joe Acaba Goes from Teacher to Astronaut
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay It's Teacher Appreciation Week and teachers and space travel go hand-in-hand.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/joe-acaba-goes-from-teacher-to-astronaut
Sang Choi Earns a Place in NASA's Inventors Hall of Fame
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Sang Choi has worked for NASA for nearly 40 years. Since beginning work at the Langley Research Center in October 1980, Choi has received 71 awards from the agency.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sang-choi-earns-a-place-in-nasas-inventors-hall-of-fame
Shining a Light on Dark Matter
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dark matter, although invisible, makes up most of the universe’s mass and creates its underlying structure.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/shining-a-light-on-dark-matter
Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mars-helicopter-to-fly-on-nasas-next-red-planet-rover-mission
30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/30-years-of-the-hubble-space-telescope
NASA Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President Trump on NASA's fight to alleviate COVID-19.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-joins-the-fight-against-covid-19
Space Station Crew Snaps an Image of the Susquehanna River
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains in this photograph taken by the crew of the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/space-station-crew-snaps-an-image-of-the-susquehanna-river
An Otherworldly-Looking Bombetoka Bay, Madagascar
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On the northwestern coast of Madagascar, the salty waters of the Mozambique Channel penetrate inland to join with the freshwater outflow of the Betsiboka River, forming Bombetoka Bay.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/an-otherworldly-looking-bombetoka-bay-madagascar
The Black Marble: Our Planet in Brilliant Darkness
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image is one of several global images of the Earth at night released in 2017.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-black-marble-our-planet-in-brilliant-darkness
Life Detection Systems Branch Chief Vance Oyama Examines Apollo 11 Samples
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Life Detection Systems branch chief Vance Oyama operates a specially designed soil distribution system, used for dispersing the lunar soil in equal amounts to thousands of petri dishes.
