NASA Pic Of The Day

19 Jan 2022 16:24

Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee, left, spoke with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew in 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/49493710476_a7f7b04bd5_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Jan 2022 16:24

This image, captured by the Landsat-8 satellite, shows the view over Western Australia on May 12, 2013. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/march2014_1920x1200.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Jan 2022 16:24

Our Milky Way's central black hole has a leak. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_mwayjet_composite.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Jan 2022 16:24

This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope atop its launch vehicle, but before it was encapsulated in the rocket fairing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51756638171_8ed20da7d5_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Jan 2022 17:24

2021 saw significant milestones achieved in the assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST), and all eyes now look forward to a pivotal 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/097a2052-pano.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Jan 2022 16:24

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, launched aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51775374322_f109a4ecb1_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

23 Dec 2021 20:24

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202112230007_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Dec 2021 17:24

The Earth's solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, this year's winter solstice happens on Dec. 21. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/seasons_msg_20101221_lrg.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 Dec 2021 16:24

In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc_3568_potw2150a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Dec 2021 16:24

Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20180812-ph_geb01_0045.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Dec 2021 15:24

Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2020_geminid_radiant_visual-cropped.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Dec 2021 16:24

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51733990422_be2a3d80f0_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Dec 2021 15:24

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51731031588_c62a45b30c_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Dec 2021 18:24

Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/christopher_kraft.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

01 Dec 2021 16:25

These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24577.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 Jan 2022 17:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/martian-drill-hole.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Jan 2022 16:24

Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19836-ngc2174.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 Jan 2022 15:24

Legendary actor and diplomat, Sidney Poitier, visited JPL in 1979. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p-21268b.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Jan 2022 15:24

This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j2034417_freggs_fullsize_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

04 Jan 2022 17:24

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen at Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51590057956_1977fe98b4_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 Dec 2021 17:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51271450910_2301dffc91_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Dec 2021 16:24

In this image, the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments are shown in the trunk of the cargo craft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-cowvr-loaded-1041.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Dec 2021 18:24

These blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope were created as a prop for a video series. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/47690335362_a9b23dc6c8_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 Dec 2021 16:24

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming star that is accumulating gas and dust. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_sstgbsj1109261_ic2631_display1_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Dec 2021 16:24

IIn this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu is transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e062389.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 Dec 2021 16:24

Snoopy, the Zero G Indicator for the Artemis I mission, was delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/snoppy.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Dec 2021 16:24

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/coalsack_acs1_hpfinal.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Dec 2021 17:24

This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/epic_1b_20211204075803.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

02 Dec 2021 20:24

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24937-am-3-1041.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 Nov 2021 16:24

As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e081189.jpg