Pioneer 10 Flies by Jupiter
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this illustration by Rick Giudice from August 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes by the gas giant planet Jupiter.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pioneer-10-flies-by-jupiter
Apollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, as they traveled toward the moon on their lunar landing mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-17-astronauts-capture-iconic-blue-marble-50-years-ago
Orion Approaches Moon Before Return Flyby
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On the 19th day of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 4, 2022, a camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the Moon just in frame as Orion prepared for its return powered flyby on Dec. 5, when it passed approximately 79 miles above the lunar surface.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-approaches-moon-before-return-flyby
Hubble Spies Emission Nebula-Star Cluster Duo
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This whole collection is NGC 1858, an open star cluster in the northwest region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way that boasts an abundance of star-forming regions. NGC 1858 is estimated to be around 10 million years old.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-spies-emission-nebula-star-cluster-duo
Orion’s Moon Crater Close-up
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, the Orion spacecraft’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the Moon below.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-s-moon-crater-close-up
Kamala Harris and French President Macron Meet at NASA Headquarters
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks prior to meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for an Earth Science briefing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.
Orion, Earth, and the Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image, Orion captures a unique view of Earth and the Moon, seen from a camera mounted on one of the spacecraft's solar arrays.
Orion Approaches Moon for Outbound Powered Flyby
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken Nov. 21, the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-approaches-moon-for-outbound-powered-flyby
Astronaut Snoopy 'Lands' in New York
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The annual Thanksgiving event was held Nov. 24, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-snoopy-lands-in-new-york
Snoopy Hitches Ride to Space Aboard Artemis I
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Snoopy, the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test, floating in space Nov. 20, 2022, while attached to his tether in the Orion spacecraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/snoopy-hitches-ride-to-space-aboard-artemis-i
Orion’s Optical Navigation Camera Captures Earth
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft snapped this black and white photo of Earth on Nov. 17, 2022, the second day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-s-optical-navigation-camera-captures-earth
Orion Approaches Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Nov. 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings captured this footage of the spacecraft and the Moon as it continued to grow nearer to our lunar neighbor.
Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-views-a-billowing-cosmic-cloud
First Nations Launch Teams Build Rockets
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Stephanie Yazzie, Northern Arizona University student and NAU Space Jacks team member, poses with her team’s rocket in this photo from the 2019 NASA First Nations Launch (FNL) competition.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/first-nations-launch-teams-build-rockets
We Are Going: Artemis I Launches
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Our Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/we-are-going-artemis-i-launches
Moonlit Launch Preparations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/moonlit-launch-preparations-at-nasa-s-kennedy-space-center
Liftoff! Successful Launch for JPSS-2, LOFTID
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/liftoff-successful-launch-for-jpss-2-loftid
Astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines Study Farming in Space
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless hydroponic and aeroponic methods to grow plants.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronauts-jessica-watkins-and-bob-hines-study-farming-in-space
Blood Moon Total Eclipse at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/blood-moon-total-eclipse-at-nasa-s-kennedy-space-center
Artemis I Glows After Sunset
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard was seen lit by spotlights atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continued Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/artemis-i-glows-after-sunset
