NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Mar 2022 16:24

The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/36351_rocket_launch.jpg

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03 Mar 2022 16:24

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called

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01 Mar 2022 16:24

Rosemary Dobbins was an artist at the Marshall Space Flight Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/0101138_orig.jpeg

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24 Feb 2022 16:24

There are few artists in the aerospace industry whose career was as varied or accomplished as Ted Brown. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tedbrown.jpeg

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22 Feb 2022 15:25

Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990) was a mathematician and computer programmer in NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9467783474_7a574ec7bb_o.jpg

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16 Feb 2022 16:24

A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2021-0159-10_0.jpg

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14 Feb 2022 16:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lyndsey.jpg

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10 Feb 2022 20:24

​This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia01384.jpeg

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08 Feb 2022 16:25

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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s66-20368.jpeg

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04 Feb 2022 17:24

Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2022e001692.jpg

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02 Feb 2022 15:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51663728897_cef2f7365f_o.jpeg

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31 Jan 2022 15:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-main-omg-eom-1041.jpg

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27 Jan 2022 15:24

On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/apollo_1_crew_during_water_egress_training_june_1966_1.jpg

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25 Jan 2022 17:24

This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/28x6_x-59_rdg-6753_average_cleaned_red_blue_black.jpg

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21 Jan 2022 16:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc3318_potw2203a_0.png

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04 Mar 2022 15:24

In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nancy_grace_roman_in_the_1960s_41304995814.jpeg

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02 Mar 2022 16:24

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying NOAA's GOES-T, soars upward after lifting off from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 1, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51911610842_af34b62eae_o.jpeg

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25 Feb 2022 15:24

This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 298, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Arp 298 – which comprises the two galaxies NGC 7469 and IC 5283 – lies roughly 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_arp298_potw2208a.jpg

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23 Feb 2022 17:24

This image from 2020 shows a flame that was one of many ignited as part of the Flame Design investigation on the space station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/space-flame.png

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18 Feb 2022 16:25

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, and took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette,” on Sept. 10, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24836_perseverance_selfie_at_rochette_figure_3_croppedcloseup.jpeg

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15 Feb 2022 15:24

This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23689.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Feb 2022 16:24

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair composed of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 169 (bottom) and the galaxy IC 1559 (top). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_arp282_potw2206a.jpg

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09 Feb 2022 16:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e136051.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Feb 2022 15:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e109851.jpg

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03 Feb 2022 15:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/archives_raquarii.jpg

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01 Feb 2022 15:24

​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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/209783main_s107e05070_full.jpeg

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28 Jan 2022 15:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sts_51l_cct_flight_deck_dec_17_1985_s85-46207.jpg

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26 Jan 2022 16:24

Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/usrivers_oli_2018_lrg_0.jpeg

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24 Jan 2022 17:24

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designing mission concepts to survive the planet's extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/imagesvenus20191211venus20191211-16.jpeg

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20 Jan 2022 17:24

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/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e109584.jpg