Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star.
Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown: Studying Solar Cells
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Lyndsey McMillon-Brown at NASA’s Glenn Research Center leads a study of solar cells made from a material called perovskite.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/dr-lyndsey-mcmillon-brown-studying-solar-cells
Voyager's View of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/voyagers-view-of-jupiters-great-red-spot
Mark Vande Hei's Window to the World
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's window to the world.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mark-vande-heis-window-to-the-world
Daniel G. Nichols
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Mathematician Daniel G. Nichols, who worked in the Real-Time Program Development Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, is photographed in NASA's Manned Space Center.
First Rays of an Orbital Sunrise
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Ths January 2022 image shows the first rays of an orbital sunrise as seen from the International Space Station as it orbited above Venezuela.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/first-rays-of-an-orbital-sunrise
Dark Mode Activated!
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions.
R Aquarii: An Expanse of Light
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red giant.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/r-aquarii-an-expanse-of-light
Climate Scientist Dr. Christian Braneon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Christian Braneon, a climate scientist at NASA GISS, presents data visualizations and the state of current satellite missions to Vice President Kamala Harris.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/climate-scientist-dr-christian-braneon
Lightness of Being: Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The bright Sun dissects the airglow above Earth's horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from during the STS-107 mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/lightness-of-being-remembering-space-shuttle-columbia-and-her-crew
Learning How Ocean Water Melts Glaciers
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/learning-how-ocean-water-melts-glaciers
Remembering Challenger and Her Crew
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image taken in 1985, four members of the Challenger STS-51L crew train on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/remembering-challenger-and-her-crew
Remembering Apollo 1
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204).
The Colors of Water
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color.
X-59 Wind Tunnel Testing at NASA Glenn
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/x-59-wind-tunnel-testing-at-nasa-glenn
Studying the ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designing mission concepts to survive the planet's extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/studying-the-lost-habitable-world-of-venus
Hubble Sights a Sail of Stars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in the constellation Vela and is roughly 115 light-years away from Earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-sights-a-sail-of-stars
Peering Through a Window to the World
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this image from Jan. 9, 2022, NASA astronaut Kayla Barron peered out from a window inside the International Space Station's cupola.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/peering-through-a-window-to-the-world
Remembering Trailblazing Pilot Charles McGee
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee, left, spoke with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew in 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/remembering-trailblazing-pilot-charles-mcgee
Drilling Holes on the Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image shows the Highfield drill hole, on Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale crater on Mars, made by NASA’s Curiosity rover in its search for rock samples. Just recently, scientists announced that an analysis of rock samples collected by the rover were enriched in carbon 12, a type of carbon that on Earth is associated with biological processes.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/drilling-holes-on-the-red-planet
