NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Nov 2022 18:24

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft snapped this black and white photo of Earth on Nov. 17, 2022, the second day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fd2_opnav_art001e000013_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 Nov 2022 17:24

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_cb130-3_potw2246a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 Nov 2022 19:24

Our Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52503823645_68f1fc0f28_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Nov 2022 18:24

The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52489574532_dc6bc4a5f7_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Nov 2022 19:24

In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless hydroponic and aeroponic methods to grow plants. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/10_iss067e149651_watkins-hines.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Nov 2022 18:24

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard was seen lit by spotlights atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continued Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52481756807_f1d16d6418_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Nov 2022 18:24

Since 2015, scientists participating in NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) have been studying the impacts of climate change on Earth’s far northern regions and how those changes are intertwined. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img_9868.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

31 Oct 2022 19:24

While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jpegpia23403.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

27 Oct 2022 19:24

On Oct. 13, 2022, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and the Moon from 890,000 miles (1.4 million km) away. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tt1_0718931263_ega1_earth_moon.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

24 Oct 2022 18:24

During its 40th close pass by Jupiter, our Juno spacecraft saw Ganymede cast a large, dark spot on the planet on Feb. 25, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25015.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Oct 2022 19:24

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 members Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Samantha Cristoforetti link arms for a portrait on Oct. 14, 2022, just before boarding the Dragon Freedom crew ship, undocking from the International Space Station, and returning to Earth, completing a 170-day space research mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss068e017175_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 Oct 2022 19:24

After 170 days in orbit, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti safely splashed down Friday, October 14, 2022, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52429227274_b42274e099_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

25 Apr 2022 16:24

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 40. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20220421-ph-kls01_0054_orig.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Apr 2022 18:24

We're celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_32nd_hickson40.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

19 Apr 2022 16:24

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks to members of the media after arriving att Kennedy Space Center, ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-4 mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52013454056_0aa9531a27_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Nov 2022 18:24

On Nov. 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings captured this footage of the spacecraft and the Moon as it continued to grow nearer to our lunar neighbor. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/cmasaw1_20221120192424.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 Nov 2022 19:24

Stephanie Yazzie, Northern Arizona University student and NAU Space Jacks team member, poses with her team’s rocket in this photo from the 2019 NASA First Nations Launch (FNL) competition. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dsc06042.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Nov 2022 19:24

The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52501183334_08fafd4729_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 Nov 2022 18:24

Jerry Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first Native Americans hired at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks during Native American Heritage Month event in 2017 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/msfc-1701440_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Nov 2022 18:24

This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52486072251_b8254d9621_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

04 Nov 2022 18:24

Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43825570281_3f9794b07a_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

01 Nov 2022 18:24

Teams at the NASA Armstrong Research Center recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, seen here in a top view while in a wing loading test configuration at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2022-0025-003large.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

28 Oct 2022 18:24

Our James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new image of the famous Pillars of Creation—first imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995—that reveals new details about the region. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01gfnn3pwjmy4rqxkz585bc4qh.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

25 Oct 2022 20:26

This mosaic is composed of images covering the entire sky, taken by the ​Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as part of WISE’s 2012 All-Sky Data Release. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/630303main_pia15481c-full_full.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Oct 2022 18:25

When a massive star collapsed in the Cassiopeia constellation, it generated a supernova explosion with some of the fastest shockwaves in the Milky Way. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/casa_streams_lg.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

19 Oct 2022 19:24

Our Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9 acquired this vibrant image of deciduous trees and conifers in the Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York on Oct. 8, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nyvt_oli2_2022281_lrg.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Oct 2022 19:24

Expedition 67 flight engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins are all smiles in this Sept. 12, 2022, image from the International Space Station cupola. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss067e359846_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Apr 2022 15:25

An orbital sunrise beams across Earth's horizon revealing silhouetted clouds above the South China Sea. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e172499.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Apr 2022 15:25

A vehicle carrying two members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission passed by the VAB as it returned to Launch Complex 39A. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52017483234_50468627ed_o.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 Apr 2022 17:24

In this image from April 10, 2022, sunlight glints off the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph from taken by the crew of the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss067e005682.jpg