NASA Pic Of The Day

04 Aug 2023 17:25

The glittering, glitzy contents of the globular cluster NGC 6652 sparkle in this star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6652_potw2331a_sm.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

02 Aug 2023 19:25

On April 28, 2023, the Crew-7 members (from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) took a moment to snap a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2023e037670orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

31 Jul 2023 21:25

The Crew Module Test Article, a full-scale mockup of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean on July 26, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230726-ph-fmx01_0008orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

27 Jul 2023 18:24

NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) interns Dorothy Sue Grimmer and Victoria Tran pose for a photo in front of the Dynamic Aviation B200 ahead of their morning research flight on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53070888088_8e4826ee89_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

25 Jul 2023 18:24

GE Aerospace and magniX have revealed the paint schemes of the hybrid electric aircraft they will fly as part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EFPD) project. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/epfd_image.png

NASA Pic Of The Day

21 Jul 2023 19:24

In preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, recovery teams tour the projected landing ellipse in the Utah desert on July 17, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202307170007orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

19 Jul 2023 19:24

On July 17, 2023, NASA’s four Starling CubeSats successfully deployed after having launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, shown in this image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53054363868_e1b80fb25f_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

17 Jul 2023 19:25

One of three specially designed, fully electric, environmentally friendly crew transportation vehicles for Artemis missions sits at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 11, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230711-ph-kls01_0013orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

13 Jul 2023 18:26

Former NASA astronaut Jack Fischer captured this photograph of Lagoa dos Barros and crescent-shaped barchan dunes on the Atlantic coastline of southern Brazil on July 9, 2017, while aboard the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss052-e-14188_lrg.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

11 Jul 2023 19:25

A bobcat surveys the landscape at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in this March 11, 2021, image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2021-0029-10orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

07 Jul 2023 19:25

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is nearly complete as it rests in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230626-ph-fmx01_0015orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

05 Jul 2023 22:25

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p23-092-09.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

30 Jun 2023 17:25

The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars, dominates this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_eso174-1_potw2326a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

28 Jun 2023 21:25

Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/top_image_0.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

26 Jun 2023 20:25

Local students take in the sights—and data—at an Earth Information Center student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52996510071_c5abce524b_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Aug 2023 21:26

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e032946orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

01 Aug 2023 19:25

Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve, seen here in an image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2010, is a special site. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gsfc_20171208_archive_e001530orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

28 Jul 2023 18:25

The tranquil spiral galaxy UGC 12295 basks leisurely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ugc12295_potw2330a.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

26 Jul 2023 19:25

Woody Hoburg took this photo of Laguna Verde’s inviting waters as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles (425 km) over South America on July 7, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e030011orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

24 Jul 2023 19:25

Elaborate Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, sit pretty in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 13, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53029341562_035f5e2c96_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

20 Jul 2023 16:24

AS11-40-5875 (20 July 1969) -- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/589552main_as11-40-5875_full.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

18 Jul 2023 18:25

As the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above North Africa, clouds covered the sky. To the bottom right of the image, one of the station's roll-out solar arrays peeks through. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53045825893_872a3861ea_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

14 Jul 2023 18:24

Work is being done on the Orion spacecraft for NASAs crewed Artemis II, Artemis III, and Artemis IV missions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/3_orions.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

12 Jul 2023 19:25

President Joe Biden unveiled this image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 during a White House event on July 11, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/main_image_deep_field_smacs0723-1280.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

10 Jul 2023 19:25

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19968orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

06 Jul 2023 19:24

The last rays of an orbital sunset begin fading in Earth's atmosphere silhouetting the cloud tops. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069e025337.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

03 Jul 2023 20:25

A full moon was visible behind the Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I tested SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20220614-ph-jbs01_0332orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

29 Jun 2023 17:25

Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20230622-ph-csh01_0012orig.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

27 Jun 2023 19:25

A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52862884106_250dbfd475_o.jpg

NASA Pic Of The Day

23 Jun 2023 19:25

The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6544_potw2325a.jpg