Perennial Perseids
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Perseid meteors are an annual event many skywatchers look forward to, as they often produce lots of shooting stars to enjoy.
Aquanaut Gets to Work Underwater
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A team of roboticists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have applied their expertise in making robots for deep space to designing a fully electric shape-changing submersible robot that will cut costs for maritime industries.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/aquanaut-gets-to-work-underwater
Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-peers-at-celestial-cloudscape
NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames.
Moon Mosaic
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This Moon-mosaic is comprised of 1,231 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC) in the summer of 2018.
Hubble Gazes at a Star-Studded Skyfield
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6638 in the constellation Sagittarius.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-gazes-at-a-star-studded-skyfield
Ice Stars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Like distant galaxies amid clouds of interstellar dust, chunks of sea ice drift through graceful swirls of grease ice in the frigid waters of Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.
Wildflowers in Bloom at Kennedy Space Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/wildflowers-in-bloom-at-kennedy-space-center
NASA Pays Tribute to Nichelle Nichols
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA celebrates the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-pays-tribute-to-nichelle-nichols
Zeta Ophiuchi: A Star With a Complicated Past
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/zeta-ophiuchi-a-star-with-a-complicated-past
Vortices Near Jupiter’s North Pole
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/vortices-near-jupiter-s-north-pole
Preparing for the Next Generation of Flight
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/preparing-for-the-next-generation-of-flight
Heading into (Orbital) Sunrise
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The crew doesn't just snap pretty pictures; the research aboard the station benefits humanity in numerous ways.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/heading-into-orbital-sunrise
Blue Ripples on a Red Planet
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image shows a variety of wind-related features on the Red Planet near the center of Gamboa Crater.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/blue-ripples-on-a-red-planet
50 Years of Landsat
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay We're celebrating 50 years of Landsat.
It's CERTAIN
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay HDV is developing the necessary systems to enable urban drone flights that travel beyond visual sight.
Apollo 11 Crew Trains for Excursion on the Sea of Tranquility
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Apollo 11 crew simulates deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the Moon during a training exercise on April 22, 1969.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-11-crew-trains-for-excursion-on-the-sea-of-tranquility
A Supernova's Shockwaves
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Supernovas are the explosive deaths of the universe's most massive stars.
A View from Above: Zero Gravity Facility Circa 1966
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This tunnel view looking up from level 5 is of the Zero Gravity Facility at Lewis Research Center, now known as the Glenn Research Center.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-view-from-above-zero-gravity-facility-circa-1966
SpaceX Dragon Heads to Station on 25th Resupply Mission
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A SpaceX Falcon 9 soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-dragon-heads-to-station-on-25th-resupply-mission
