NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Apr 2022 16:24

NASA helped to create a web-based tool that helps park managers better understand the impact of outdoor lighting and noise on animal species in national parks. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/us_lights2.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Apr 2022 16:24

What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jpegpia23121.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Apr 2022 17:25

A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in this image from Hubble. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_arp143.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Apr 2022 16:24

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20220406-ph-jbp01-0001_orig.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Apr 2022 16:24

NASA and industry partners are working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/glamor_shot_strms_3_blk.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

04 Apr 2022 16:24

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Monday, April 4, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51982058640_3306aa1585_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

31 Mar 2022 18:02

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2022e011412.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

29 Mar 2022 16:25

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2017e029829_large.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

25 Mar 2022 14:24

Wally Funk delivers remarks after accepting the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51959521353_17667db8e7_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

23 Mar 2022 15:24

Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for the launch. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/john_young_s65-23488orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Mar 2022 15:24

This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1821a-m-1699x20001a.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 Mar 2022 15:24

NASA’s Space Launch Syste rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51942501426_c5a1be38dd_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Mar 2022 19:24

In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51213605479_0cc634e7b5_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Mar 2022 15:24

An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_hh34_potw2210a_0.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Mar 2022 16:24

The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25122.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Apr 2022 16:24

This artist's impression is of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Apr 2022 16:24

On April 12, 1981, NASA launched is first Space Transportation System, or space shuttle, mission, carrying astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into orbit. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/space_shuttle_columbia_launching.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Apr 2022 18:24

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20220406-ph-jbp01-0001_orig.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Apr 2022 17:24

Japan's Geiyo Archipelago, in the Seito Inland Sea, was once home to pirates. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25185.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Apr 2022 16:24

Every winter, a layer of carbon dioxide frost (dry ice) forms on the surface of Mars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25190.jpeg

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01 Apr 2022 18:25

Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3.   http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nasa_sls_artemis_i_horizontal.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 Mar 2022 16:24

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51970937381_9d3d2e370a_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

28 Mar 2022 17:24

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25161_-_spitzer_collision_cloud.jpg

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24 Mar 2022 14:24

One of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 has been opened under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2022e017003.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Mar 2022 15:24

A new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jupiter-mass_planet_orbiting_the_nearby_star_epsilon_eridani.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 Mar 2022 15:24

Earth's Moon is seen rising behind NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202203170041.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 Mar 2022 15:24

Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/17-03445-61853.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Mar 2022 15:24

Today is Pi Day! http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/piday2022_insight.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 Mar 2022 14:24

This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e153515.jpg

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08 Mar 2022 18:24

These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ceb_2369.jpg