NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Jan 2023 19:26

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is all smiles as he observes the behavior of a free-flying water bubble inside the International Space Station's (ISS) Kibo laboratory module on Oct. 10, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss068e006386.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Jan 2023 19:25

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft is in this early morning photo from Dec. 14, 2022, as preparations for launch continued. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52563811575_3e75f081cc_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

04 Jan 2023 20:24

Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed on Friday, May 6, 2022 with Crew-3 NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer aboard. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52054927331_241db0ff59_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

29 Dec 2022 19:25

This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft’s HIRISE instrument on Oct. 23, 2022, of the northern plains of Arabia Terra shows craters that contain curious deposits with mysterious shapes and distribution. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25703_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

23 Dec 2022 18:25

On Dec. 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon, and the first to witness the magnificent sight called

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Dec 2022 18:28

By taking a closer look at one of Webb’s first images, the iconic Cosmic Cliffs, scientists have found dozens of energetic jets and outflows from young stars previously hidden by dust clouds. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01gkmkkhkk7hr64v5hgx4gms9k_0.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

19 Dec 2022 18:36

The Moog Surefly vehicle hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport in this photo from summer 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/grc-2022-c-04145.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Dec 2022 16:28

Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6956.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Dec 2022 18:30

In this photo from Dec. 15, 1965, the Gemini-VII spacecraft is seen from the Gemini-VI-A spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s65-63188_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Dec 2022 19:29

On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 5, 2022, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return powered flyby, the final major engine maneuver of the flight test. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52546705066_0e1e95222c_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Dec 2022 20:25

This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, as they traveled toward the moon on their lunar landing mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo_17_blue_marble_photo_dec_7_1972_as17-148-22727.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Dec 2022 19:35

On the 19th day of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 4, 2022, a camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the Moon just in frame as Orion prepared for its return powered flyby on Dec. 5, when it passed approximately 79 miles above the lunar surface. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/art001e001999_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

01 Dec 2022 19:49

On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, the Orion spacecraft’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the Moon below. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/art001e000343_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

29 Nov 2022 21:29

In this image, Orion captures a unique view of Earth and the Moon, seen from a camera mounted on one of the spacecraft's solar arrays. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52530824918_0f808fa548_4k.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

25 Nov 2022 16:24

The annual Thanksgiving event was held Nov. 24, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52521339794_b792579525_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Jan 2023 19:25

The Artemis I Orion capsule is secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from Jan. 6, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230106-ph-jbs01_0028_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Jan 2023 18:25

On April 8, 2022, this 30-second exposure captured the International Space Station as it passed over the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51991984485_c7806146ae_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Jan 2023 19:24

An osprey is seen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as launch preparations continued Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52329096977_2d3bfc71c5_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

27 Dec 2022 18:24

The James Webb Space Telescope spies the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, in this image released on Dec. 21, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52577236876_109214e963_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Dec 2022 19:26

Hawaii's big island and its two major volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa rest under a partly cloudy sky on Feb. 8, 2022, in this view from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e137869_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Dec 2022 23:24

The lander's journey of discovery into the interior structure and composition of Mars has come to a close. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/_mars.nasa_.gov_insight-raw-images_surface_sol_1436_icc_c000m1436_724026383edr_f0000_0200m_1042.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 Dec 2022 17:29

A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6530_potw2250a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Dec 2022 19:27

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard is seen as it rolls out to the pad, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52562212346_054a94d321_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Dec 2022 18:24

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5-day mission to the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20221211-ph-jmb01-0001_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Dec 2022 21:27

In this illustration by Rick Giudice from August 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes by the gas giant planet Jupiter. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/arc-1973-ac73-4247-6_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Dec 2022 19:41

In this Dec. 1993, onboard view from Space Shuttle mission STS-61 shows astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman's Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9401028_orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

02 Dec 2022 17:25

This whole collection is NGC 1858, an open star cluster in the northwest region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way that boasts an abundance of star-forming regions. NGC 1858 is estimated to be around 10 million years old. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc1858.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 Nov 2022 21:24

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks prior to meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for an Earth Science briefing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52534361804_9bed2f19c0_k.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

28 Nov 2022 19:24

A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken Nov. 21, the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52514776572_284e4294c2_k.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

23 Nov 2022 18:24

Snoopy, the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test, floating in space Nov. 20, 2022, while attached to his tether in the Orion spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/cmcab3_202211181205502_enhanced_colorpop.jpg