NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Sep 2023 18:26

The Artemis II crew and teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program successfully completed on Sept. 20, the first in a series of integrated ground system tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the upcoming mission around the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230920-ph-kls01_0135orig.jpg

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14 Sep 2023 18:27

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of fragmented ice in Hudson Bay on June 28, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jamesbaypolarbears_vir2_2023179_lrg.jpg

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12 Sep 2023 19:25

In this image from July 24, 2023, astronaut Frank Rubio completes a session on the Surface Avatar Remote Control Terminal, which investigates how haptic controls, user interfaces, and virtual reality could command and control surface-bound robots from long distances. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e036163orig.jpg

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08 Sep 2023 20:26

Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN work to open the hatch of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 4, 2023, with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53167092730_590273feff_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Sep 2023 19:26

A recovery team member takes part in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission in this image from Aug. 29, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202308290009orig.jpg

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31 Aug 2023 18:25

Hurricane Idalia is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e084548.jpg

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29 Aug 2023 19:25

Rocky Garcia and Wesley James prepare a weather balloon to collect wind data at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on July 20, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2023-0119-17orig.jpg

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25 Aug 2023 19:27

The galaxy ESO 300-16 looms over this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_eso300-16_potw2334a.jpg

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23 Aug 2023 22:25

In this image from July 18, 2023, a NASA team helps attach solar arrays for the agency’s Psyche spacecraft onto a stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230718-ph-ilw01_0234orig.jpg

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21 Aug 2023 19:24

The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission spoke at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 20, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53129326002_795029a83d_o.jpg

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17 Aug 2023 19:24

A Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket carrying students experiments for the RockOn! mission successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Aug. 17 at 6 a.m. EDT. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wff-2023-068-004.jpg

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15 Aug 2023 19:25

On August 8, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of dense plumes of smoke streaming from dozens of large fires in the Northwest Territories. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/yellowknife_fire_amo_2023220_lrg.jpg

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11 Aug 2023 20:25

This artist’s concept from July 11, 1969, depicts the Apollo 11 lunar module (LM) Eagle landing on the surface of the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s69-39011orig_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Aug 2023 17:25

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NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Aug 2023 00:25

In this image from June 2023, an engineer watches a development model rover during a test for NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/e1b-pia25665_cadre-dm-with-sand-engineer-edited-web.jpg

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19 Sep 2023 17:27

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13 Sep 2023 20:25

Justin Hall lands the Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone 2 (DROID 2) aircraft at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 22, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2023-0135-32orig.jpg

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11 Sep 2023 19:25

A snowy egret, identifiable by its slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet, marches through a pond near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, looking for food in this image from March 29, 2007. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-07pd0726orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Sep 2023 20:27

Hubble's colorful image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12 is a spectacular example of how dust in space affects starlight coming from background objects. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_terzan12_stsci-01h7tesnnsx9ch4eq29c919c4m.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Sep 2023 23:25

Voyager 1 Lifts Off Toward an Interstellar Journey http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia17464orig.jpg

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30 Aug 2023 15:26

In this image from Sept. 5, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford checks out the sample pump on the continuous flow electrophoresis system experiment in the middeck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/83hc597.jpg

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28 Aug 2023 20:25

At 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 26, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230826-ph-kls03_0119orig.jpg

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24 Aug 2023 18:25

A Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle awaits test-firing in the Redstone Test Stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama in this photo from the late 1950s. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9306795orig.jpg

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22 Aug 2023 20:27

Gateway's International Habitat module, provided by ESA, is the focus of this rendered image from Aug. 18, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gateway_summer_req_images_rev2_11orig.png

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18 Aug 2023 19:26

The massive cluster Abell 3322 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in which the galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 basks in the center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_abell3322_potw2332a.jpg

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16 Aug 2023 17:26

Two ospreys perch in their nest atop a marshalling area sign in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this photo from June 7, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230607-ph-jbs01_0025orig.jpg

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14 Aug 2023 19:26

While wearing clean room suits, the Artemis II crew members check out their Orion crew module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 7, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230807-ph-kls01_0487orig.jpg

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10 Aug 2023 21:25

NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander gathered images of itself for this selfie from June 5 through July 12, 2008, with its Surface Stereo Imager. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia11719orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Aug 2023 21:27

In this image from April 2023, NASA’s Moonikin Campos enjoys a quiet moment during acceleration sled testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/moonikin_campos_2.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Aug 2023 18:25

In this image from June 2023, an engineer watches a development model rover during a test for NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/e1b-pia25665_cadre-dm-with-sand-engineer-edited-web.jpg