This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
#NASA#ImageOfTheDay If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/this-gas-giant-is-pretty-in-pink
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/one-rehearsal-away-from-touching-asteroid-bennu
Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/curiosity-celebrates-8-years-on-the-red-planet
Outbursts from a Double Star System
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/outbursts-from-a-double-star-system
SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Lifted Aboard Recovery Ship
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-endeavour-lifted-aboard-recovery-ship
Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-dragon-safely-returns-astronauts
SpaceX Crew Dragon As It Approached the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA's Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-as-it-approached-the-space-station
Liftoff to the Red Planet!
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020.
A Different View of the Mars Perseverance Launch
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The engines fired as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover onboard launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-different-view-of-the-mars-perseverance-launch
Mars Perseverance: Prepared for Launch to the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mars-perseverance-prepared-for-launch-to-the-red-planet
Countdown to Mars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.
Jezero Crater, Landing Site for the Mars Perseverance Rover
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image of Jezero Crater, the landing site for the Mars Perseverance Rover, was taken by instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jezero-crater-landing-site-for-the-mars-perseverance-rover
Carrying a Telescope Aloft
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/carrying-a-telescope-aloft
Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-11-aboard-the-uss-hornet
Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lake
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/comet-neowise-streaks-across-the-sky-above-lone-pine-lake
We Came in Peace for All Mankind
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts made history by landing on the surface of another celestial body.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind
Apollo 11 Launches into History
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission launched via a Saturn V rocket on a mission to the Moon.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-11-launches-into-history
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An Orbital Partnership Is Born
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On July 17, 1975, something momentous happened: two Cold War-rivals met in space. When their respective spacecraft rendezvoused and docked, a new era of cooperative ventures in space began.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2309.html
Perseverance Rover Mated to Its Atlas V Rocket
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/perseverance-rover-mated-to-its-atlas-v-rocket
Hubble Sees a Star Called HBC 672 and the Bat Shadow
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A young star's unseen, planet-forming disk casts a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hubble-sees-a-star-called-hbc-672-and-the-bat-shadow
