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SpaceX Cargo Dragon Departs the Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-cargo-dragon-departs-the-space-station

Hubble Glimpses a Galactic Duo

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-glimpses-a-galactic-duo

This Week in NASA History: Final Launch of Shuttle Program – July 8, 2011

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/images/this-week-in-nasa-history-final-launch-of-shuttle-program-july-8-2011.html

There's a Starr in the Asteroid Belt

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Our birthday wishes for Ringo Starr's 81st birthday are almost boundless.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/theres-a-starr-in-the-asteroid-belt

In Orbit Around a Red Dwarf Star

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/in-orbit-around-a-red-dwarf-star

Hubble Sees a Cluster of Red, White, and Blue

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-sees-a-cluster-of-red-white-and-blue

Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen Chandra observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the Milky Way.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/chandra-turns-up-the-heat-in-the-milky-way-center

Picturing Our Solar System's Asteroid Belt

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Today is International Asteroid Day!

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/picturing-our-solar-systems-asteroid-belt

Visualizing Quieter Supersonic Flight

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/visualizing-quieter-supersonic-flight

Space Station Transits the Sun

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/space-station-transits-the-sun

Hubble Images a Dazzling Dynamic Duo

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hubble-images-a-dazzling-dynamic-duo

Viewing Earth from the Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this June 2021 image, our Sun's glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above south of western Australia.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/viewing-earth-from-the-space-station

NASA and ESA Astronauts Continue Installing Space Station Solar Arrays

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency worked to install new roll out solar arrays on the space station.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-and-esa-astronauts-continue-installing-space-station-solar-arrays

Shane Kimbrough Helps Install Solar Array on Space Station

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA Expedition 65 astronaut Shane Kimbrough is pictured during the Friday, June 18, 2021, spacewalk.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/shane-kimbrough-helps-install-solar-array-on-space-station

Galveston from Space

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Monday, June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of liberation became known as Juneteenth.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/galveston-from-space

New Research Studies Turbulence

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In a series of flights between June 1-6, 2021, Stratodynamics Inc. launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider from a high-altitude balloon to study turbulence.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/new-research-studies-turbulence

A Purposeful Passenger Prepares for Mission Aboard Orion Spacecraft

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay When NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches around the Moon later this year, a suited manikin will be its passenger.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-purposeful-passenger-prepares-for-mission-aboard-orion-spacecraft

Artemis I Space Launch System Core Stage Lift and Mate

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest part of the rocket – onto the mobile launcher.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/artemis-i-space-launch-system-core-stage-lift-and-mate

Flag Day 2021: Saluting the U.S. Flag

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay June 14 of each year is celebrated as Flag Day in the U.S.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/flag-day-2021-saluting-the-us-flag

Earth's Atmospheric Glow and Star Trails

#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The beauty of our home planet is shown in this long exposure photograph, taken from the International Space Station.

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/earths-atmospheric-glow-and-star-trails-0