Space Station Visits South Padre Island
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay While the International Space Station orbited over the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 19, 2022, NASA astronaut Bob Hines captured this image of South Padre Island, a barrier island along the coast of Texas.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/space-station-visits-south-padre-island
Senior Communications Manager Dewayne Washington
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay "If you tell an artist what to paint, they will paint it. But, if you tell them what you’re looking for, they’ll paint that – and there’s a difference. People appreciate that, the openness to be able to create." – Dewayne Washington, Mars Sample Return Senior Communications Manager, NASA Headquarters
Bringing More Power to Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, during his second spacewalk on Feb. 2, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/bringing-more-power-to-space-station
Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubbles-new-view-of-the-tarantula-nebula
A Visit to NISAR
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Officials from NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the Indian Embassy visit a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 3, 2023, to view the scientific instrument payload for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission.
Spiral Galaxy Spans Space
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This Jan. 10, 2013, composite image of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and infrared data acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Astronauts' View of the Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The waxing gibbous Moon stands out in this Jan. 2, 2023, image from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the southern Indian Ocean.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronauts-view-of-the-moon
Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay "My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help." — Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Flora, Fauna at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/flora-fauna-at-nasa-s-kennedy-space-center
Volcanic Plumes in Chile
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023. The gases come from a series of minor explosions—called Strombolian eruptions—that have been ongoing at Villarrica since October 2022.
Day of Remembrance
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial.
Hubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-views-a-stellar-duo-in-orion-nebula
President Reagan Calls for Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/president-reagan-calls-for-space-station
Astronaut Nicole Mann Makes Her First Spacewalk
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-nicole-mann-makes-her-first-spacewalk
Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-nicole-mann-is-pictured-during-her-first-spacewalk
Webb Unveils Dark Side
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud.
Suiting Up for Their First Spacewalk
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are pictured on Jan. 12, 2023, during a fit check of their spacesuits inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suiting-up-for-their-first-spacewalk
Hubble Visits Galactic Neighbors
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-visits-galactic-neighbors
Snowy Celestial Mountains
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Snow and ice cover mountains of the Tien Shan range in this photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 9, 2022.
A Well-traveled Beagle
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Snoopy, the zero gravity indicator that flew aboard Orion during the Artemis I mission, wears a smile after being unpacked from his transport case on Jan. 5, 2023.
