NASA, Industry Partners Unveil Hybrid Electric Aircraft Paint Schemes
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay GE Aerospace and magniX have revealed the paint schemes of the hybrid electric aircraft they will fly as part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EFPD) project.
A Wildflower Close-Up
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Elaborate Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, sit pretty in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 13, 2023.
54 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Crew Walks on the Moon
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay AS11-40-5875 (20 July 1969) -- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/history/jsc50/as11-40-5875.html
Clouds Form Over North Africa
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above North Africa, clouds covered the sky. To the bottom right of the image, one of the station's roll-out solar arrays peeks through.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/clouds-form-over-north-africa
A Fully Electric Ride for Artemis Crews
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay One of three specially designed, fully electric, environmentally friendly crew transportation vehicles for Artemis missions sits at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 11, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-fully-electric-ride-for-artemis-crews
Three Cheers for NASA Orion Crew Modules for Future Artemis Missions
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Work is being done on the Orion spacecraft for NASAs crewed Artemis II, Artemis III, and Artemis IV missions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Barchan Dunes of Brazil
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Former NASA astronaut Jack Fischer captured this photograph of Lagoa dos Barros and crescent-shaped barchan dunes on the Atlantic coastline of southern Brazil on July 9, 2017, while aboard the International Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-barchan-dunes-of-brazil
Webb’s First Deep Field
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay President Joe Biden unveiled this image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 during a White House event on July 11, 2022.
Wildlife at Armstrong Flight Research Center
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A bobcat surveys the landscape at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in this March 11, 2021, image.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/wildlife-at-armstrong-flight-research-center
New Horizons’ Infrared View
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, just before closest approach on July 14, 2015.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/new-horizons-infrared-view
The Last Rays of an Orbital Sunset
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The last rays of an orbital sunset begin fading in Earth's atmosphere silhouetting the cloud tops.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-last-rays-of-an-orbital-sunset
NASA’s X-59 Makes a Critical Move
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-s-x-59-makes-a-critical-move
Hubble Checks in on a Galactic Neighbor
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars, dominates this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-checks-in-on-a-galactic-neighbor
Artemis II Heat Shield Installed
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/artemis-ii-heat-shield-installed
Rising to the Challenge: NASA TechRise Student Teams Take Flight
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/rising-to-the-challenge-nasa-techrise-student-teams-take-flight
Hubble Glimpses a Glistening Cluster
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-glimpses-a-glistening-cluster
One Last Look from Skylab 2
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay During the Skylab 2 crew's final fly-around inspection on June 22, 1973, they saw this overhead view of the Skylab Space Station.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/one-last-look-from-skylab-2
The Glowing North Sea
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay As sunlight and warmth increase in the spring and summer, the North Sea starts to gain swirls and tendrils of color.
It's Rock Science
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (middle), and Victor Glover of NASA (right) pay close attention to Moon samples as they receive a lesson in the Apollo Lunar Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 9, 2023.
Mars Research Scientist S. J. Ralston
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay "In order to really bring the community up, we have to lift from the bottom. And when we do things that improve equity for the people who have it the worst, we are improving equity across the board." — S. J. Ralston, Mars Research Scientist, Jacobs Technology, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
