Crew-5’s Nighttime Splashdown
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-5-s-nighttime-splashdown
Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-spots-a-star-forming-spiral
A Sliver of the Sun
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.
Eileen Collins, Discovery Pilot
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Former astronaut Eileen Collins sits at the pilot’s station aboard space shuttle Discovery during a hotfiring procedure on Feb. 2, 1995.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/eileen-collins-discovery-pilot
Dumbbell Nebula Pumps Out Light Show
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Infrared light surges out from the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27, in this Aug. 10, 2011, image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/dumbbell-nebula-pumps-out-light-show
Cyclone Freddy is Pictured from the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Cyclone Freddy is pictured northeast of the island nation of Mauritius from the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/cyclone-freddy-is-pictured-from-the-space-station
NASA's ER-2 Flying High
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft soars upward at the L.A. county airshow in this image from Mar. 25, 2023.
Pre-Dawn Launch for Crew-6
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries the company's Dragon spacecraft with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission members aboard in this five-minute long exposure taken on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pre-dawn-launch-for-crew-6
Venus, Jupiter, Moon Shine from Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of the Earth’s crescent, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (from top to bottom) on Aug. 6, 2015, while he was aboard the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/venus-jupiter-moon-shine-from-space-station
Social Media Lead Courtney Lee
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay “I wanted to create a game because right now, a lot of what we [at NASA] make is geared toward people who already know science...But there are huge audiences out there who, like me, didn't realize that they could love or be intrigued with NASA because it was never where they were." – Courtney Lee, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Social Media Lead
Crew-6 Preparations Continue
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The sun rises on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-6-preparations-continue
John Glenn Goes Into Orbit
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) on Feb. 20, 1962.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/john-glenn-goes-into-orbit
A Blue Farewell
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A blue halo glows around Pluto’s receding crescent in this parting image taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.
NASA Celebrates National Engineers Week: Perspectives from Jamesa Stokes
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As NASA celebrates National Engineers Week, NASA Glenn gets perspectives from materials research engineer Jamesa Stokes.
Let’s Roll, Crew-6!
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alnedayi, the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, pose for a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Himalayan Peaks
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Himalayan peaks are pictured in this oblique photograph from the International Space Station.
Practicing Our Moonwalk
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Two Joint Extravehicular Activity Test Team Field Test #3 (JETT3) mission members work on sample collection on the remote, rocky, high-desert terrain of the S P Crater near Flagstaff, Arizona on Oct. 5, 2022.
NASA’s Modern History Makers: Jarred Wilhite
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Jarred Wilhite is a NASA Glenn aerospace engineer who has been instrumental to Artemis and the X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2023/nasas-modern-history-makers-jarred-wilhite
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
