NASA Pic Of The Day

22 Jun 2023 20:24

During the Skylab 2 crew's final fly-around inspection on June 22, 1973, they saw this overhead view of the Skylab Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sl2-07-651_orig_1_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Jun 2023 21:24

Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (middle), and Victor Glover of NASA (right) pay close attention to Moon samples as they receive a lesson in the Apollo Lunar Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 9, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52938180835_ef496d02b7_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 Jun 2023 19:24

The European Service Module for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft moves into the Final Assembly and System Testing Cell at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in this image from May 22, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52940993135_2c9e07b650_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Jun 2023 18:24

Spacewalker Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array toward the International Space Station's truss structure. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e018537.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 Jun 2023 19:24

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, providing a dramatic background for the SpaceX CRS-28 Dragon cargo craft as it approached the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e018147orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Jun 2023 20:25

This colorful zinnia, shown in an image from Jan. 22, 2016, grew aboard the International Space Station as part of the VEG-01 experiment. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss046e017198orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

31 May 2023 20:24

Hired by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963, Josephine Jue was a Chinese-American computer programmer and mathematician who worked for the agency for more than 30 years. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s69-28578_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

26 May 2023 18:24

The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_jw39_potw2321a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

24 May 2023 06:24

The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, named Freedom, is seen as it approaches the International Space Station with four Axiom Mission 2 private astronauts aboard on Monday, May 22, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52920038606_816bedf573_k.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

19 May 2023 17:25

The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6325_potw2320a_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 May 2023 21:25

Laguna San Rafael National Park, photographed on May 9, 2023 as the space station orbited 268 miles above Chile. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52892230003_1f3d0ebf6d_k.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

15 May 2023 19:24

Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premiere performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” in this photo from Thursday, May 11, 2023, as an enhanced color image of Jupiter is displayed above. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52892444353_ae84d54281_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 May 2023 19:27

A team member from the Environmental Management Branch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center works to remove a mangrove seedling deposited by tropical winds on the shoreline of KARS Park at Kennedy in this image from April 12, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230412-ph-geb01_0130orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 May 2023 19:25

Spacewalkers Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, exiting the International Space Station's Quest airlock and beginning a spacewalk. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e008015.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 May 2023 20:25

Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor model tested in the Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/eyes-on-ice.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Jun 2023 19:24

As sunlight and warmth increase in the spring and summer, the North Sea starts to gain swirls and tendrils of color. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/northseabloom_oli2_2023165_lrg.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 Jun 2023 20:24

This image of Galveston was taken by the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station on June 20, 2022, as it orbited 224 miles above. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss067-e-190647.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Jun 2023 19:24

In this long exposure photo from June 5, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a beam of light as it launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230605-ph-fmx01_0206orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

09 Jun 2023 14:25

The jellyfish galaxy JO206 trails across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j0206_potw2323a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Jun 2023 18:25

On June 5, 2023, Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Nicole A. Mann (second from left) of NASA, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (right) visited NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana (second from right) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202306050017orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

02 Jun 2023 18:27

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for the Europa Clipper mission during an event with NASA, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Library of Congress in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52944606582_c478c5c2ab_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 May 2023 18:24

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch on Friday, May 26, with NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats payload. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230526-ph-rkl01_0003orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

24 May 2023 19:24

Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230519-ph-fwm01-0167orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

22 May 2023 20:26

Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19836-ngc2174.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 May 2023 19:25

The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II visited Washington on Wednesday, May 17, to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52905606104_de61d2a117_k.jpeg

NASA Pic Of The Day

16 May 2023 18:26

The waxing gibbous Moon stands out against the stark darkness of space on May 3, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e008558orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 May 2023 19:25

Clouds of smoke billow out over the surrounding area as the uncrewed Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 1973. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s73-26913orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 May 2023 20:25

Vance I. Oyama holds a readout from the gas chromatograph in the life detection laboratory at NASA’s Ames Research Center in this picture from April 22, 1965. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/arc-1965-a-34401orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

08 May 2023 19:24

Popocatépetl, one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting since 2005. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/popocatepetll_oli_20231104_lrg.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

04 May 2023 19:25

Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States (left), Foreign Affairs Minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský (second from left), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (second from right), and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn (right), http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52868012178_9b4c2bd472_o.jpg