Images of 2021: International Space Station Transits the Sun

This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/3sMiWHA

James Webb Telescope Rolls to the Pad Aboard an Ariane 5 Rocket

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3EiVJyZ

Small (But Mighty) Weather Instruments

In this image, the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments are shown in the trunk of the cargo craft. via NASA https://ift.tt/3qgE1ac

Behold a Winter Solstice

The Earth's solstices come twice a year. For the Northern Hemisphere, this year's winter solstice happens on Dec. 21. via NASA https://ift.tt/33O7Lnn

Blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope

These blueprints of the James Webb Space Telescope were created as a prop for a video series. via NASA https://ift.tt/32mzH0F

Hubble Views a Galaxy With an Explosive Past

In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. via NASA https://ift.tt/3GT3pcU

Reflections of Starlight

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming star that is accumulating gas and dust. via NASA https://ift.tt/3s7vAkd

Eugene Parker Watches the Liftoff of the Mission Named in His Honor

Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor. via NASA https://ift.tt/3pVQ6l7

A Cosmic Delivery – NASA Receives Samples of Asteroid Ryugu

IIn this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu is transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA. via NASA https://ift.tt/3pWiy6j

The Geminids Are Here!

Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky. via NASA https://ift.tt/3IJLyqy

Snoopy to Fly Aboard Artemis I

Snoopy, the Zero G Indicator for the Artemis I mission, was delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3pJgdvw

Exploring the Secrets of the Universe

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oDqk5B

Observing a Dark Nebula

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. via NASA https://ift.tt/3rKEm7x

Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3GnUPlY

Eclipse Over Antarctica

This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3Gn7lCt

Become a Flight Director ... And Perhaps a Legend

Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control. via NASA https://ift.tt/31vAAna

Photographing Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3Ei8v1i

Eagle, Omega Nebula, Trifid, and Lagoon: Four Famous Nebulae

These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula. via NASA https://ift.tt/3o9pJZd