Mary W. Jackson: NASA's First Female African American Engineer

On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ZSzBJR

Reflections from a Black Hole

This 2003 composite X-ray and optical image of galaxy NGC 1068 shows gas blowing away in a high-speed wind from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. via NASA https://ift.tt/37NwXJH

Traversing Mars' Jezero Crater

This image depicts a possible area through which the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could traverse across Jezero Crater. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NXkgFi

Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars

This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing. via NASA https://ift.tt/3slIKH3

Alvin Drew: Down to Earth

On Feb. 28, 2011, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participates in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3sl6mLN

Perseverance Rover Lands on the Red Planet

NASAs Perseverance Rover lands on Mars. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NKs4tC

Showcasing the Rover at the Perseverance Engineering and Technology Overview

During the Mars Perseverance engineering and technology overview on Feb. 16, 2021, chief engineer Adam Steltzner displays a rover wheel. via NASA https://ift.tt/3u6YK1k

The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance

The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3puOo7O

Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs on Earth to Find Life on Mars

If we find life on the Red Planet, we'll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank. via NASA https://ift.tt/3qv8rEA

Bernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker

A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk in February 1995, . via NASA https://ift.tt/3u2vCbE

Crystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station

There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each one of them holds important information related to our health. via NASA https://ift.tt/3jCCWG9

The Coalsack Nebula

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. via NASA https://ift.tt/3aTsFRW

Sunrise Over the Pacific

This view of a sunrise breaking through the Earth's horizon was taken as the International Space Station orbited 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Chile. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YYoePY

Jeanette Epps: Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer

In this image from 2018, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps trains in a U.S. spacesuit at the Johnson Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/3rwM9Cv

Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud

The tip of the "wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this view from NASA's Great Observatories. via NASA https://ift.tt/3tuRPPf

Apollo 14 Arrives in Lunar Orbit on Feb. 4, 1971

Apollo 14 arrived n lunar orbit on Feb. 4, 1971 to prepare for the landing in and exploration of the Fra Mauro highlands. via NASA https://ift.tt/39OY4p2

Seeing Our Moon from the Space Station

The waning gibbous moon is pictured the day after its full Moon phase as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above China near the Mongolian border. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ayzjwL

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Works to Upgrade the Station

Victor Glover, who has accumulated 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 aircraft, over 400 carrier arrested landings and 24 combat missions, took his first spacewalk on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oHbrMu

Remembering STS-107 and Her Crew

The STS-107 crewmembers strike a ‘flying’ pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. via NASA https://ift.tt/3jhUpUd