Thumbs Up from NASA Astronaut Nicole A. Mann
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/thumbs-up-from-nasa-astronaut-nicole-a-mann
NASA ABoVE Team Studies Thawing Permafrost, Lakes
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Since 2015, scientists participating in NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) have been studying the impacts of climate change on Earth’s far northern regions and how those changes are intertwined.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-above-team-studies-thawing-permafrost-lakes
Stress Testing Super Hornet’s Wings
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Teams at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/stress-testing-super-hornet-s-wings
Grinning Gourd Decorates Milky Way
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/grinning-gourd-decorates-milky-way
Webb Reveals New Details in Pillars of Creation
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Our James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new image of the famous Pillars of Creation—first imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995—that reveals new details about the region.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-reveals-new-details-in-pillars-of-creation
Hubble Peers at Mysterious Cosmic ‘Keyhole’
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This peculiar portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-peers-at-mysterious-cosmic-keyhole
Lucy Spots Earth and Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Oct. 13, 2022, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and the Moon from 890,000 miles (1.4 million km) away.
Mapping the Entire Night Sky
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This mosaic is composed of images covering the entire sky, taken by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as part of WISE’s 2012 All-Sky Data Release.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mapping-the-entire-night-sky
Jupiter in Ganymede’s Shadow
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay During its 40th close pass by Jupiter, our Juno spacecraft saw Ganymede cast a large, dark spot on the planet on Feb. 25, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jupiter-in-ganymede-s-shadow
IXPE Measures Exploded Star Remains
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay When a massive star collapsed in the Cassiopeia constellation, it generated a supernova explosion with some of the fastest shockwaves in the Milky Way.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/ixpe-measures-exploded-star-remains
Hubble Views a Turbulent Stellar Nursery
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this image of the Herbig-Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-views-a-turbulent-stellar-nursery
Crew-4 Members Pose for Pre-Return Photo
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 members Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Samantha Cristoforetti link arms for a portrait on Oct. 14, 2022, just before boarding the Dragon Freedom crew ship, undocking from the International Space Station, and returning to Earth, completing a 170-day space research mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-4-members-pose-for-pre-return-photo
Aerial Leaf Peeping in Adirondack Park
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Our Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9 acquired this vibrant image of deciduous trees and conifers in the Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York on Oct. 8, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/aerial-leaf-peeping-in-adirondack-park
Safe Return for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay After 170 days in orbit, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti safely splashed down Friday, October 14, 2022, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/safe-return-for-nasa-s-spacex-crew-4-astronauts
Greetings from the Cupola
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Expedition 67 flight engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins are all smiles in this Sept. 12, 2022, image from the International Space Station cupola.
Sun Rings in New Month with Strong Flare
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Sun released an X1 solar flare, captured by our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Oct. 2, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sun-rings-in-new-month-with-strong-flare
Hubble Snaps a Pair of Interacting Galaxies
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The two interacting galaxies making up the pair known as Arp-Madore 608-333 seem to float side by side in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-snaps-a-pair-of-interacting-galaxies
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Casts Long Exposure Light Beam
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this 20-second exposure from Oct. 5, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-s-spacex-crew-5-mission-casts-long-exposure-light-beam
Solid Science from Serena Auñón-Chancellor
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs samples for the Microgravity Investigation of Cement Solidification (MICS) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in this image from Nov. 27, 2018.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/solid-science-from-serena-au-n-chancellor
Astronaut Nicole Mann Trains in T-38
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Nicole Mann sits inside a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas in this image from Nov. 15, 2018.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-nicole-mann-trains-in-t-38
