HIRISE Spots Martian Crater Deposits

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/lcEvzrP

Starry Wreath in Pegasus

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/Yzbkn3X

Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders Captures Earthrise

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 "Earthrise." via NASA https://ift.tt/gumsyxi

Space Station Snaps Hawaii’s Volcanoes

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/2zNvR3K

Webb Uncovers Young Stars’ Outbursts in Carina Nebula

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/tqkcY5U

Saying 'Farewell' to InSight Mars Lander

The lander's journey of discovery into the interior structure and composition of Mars has come to a close. via NASA https://ift.tt/KPx6tU7

NASA, Moog SureFly Test Aircraft Noise

The Moog Surefly vehicle hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport in this photo from summer 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/wYtl6ES

Hubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/K9VUXx0

Hubble Captures Majestic Barred Spiral

Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly. via NASA https://ift.tt/QHVCEnm

SWOT Satellite, Falcon 9 Rocket Approach Pad

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/slNv1IP

Gemini-VII and Gemini-VI-A Meet at Last

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/ucmHvs9

Orion Comes Home to Earth

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/bGEFDBK

Orion Gazes at Moon Before Return to Earth

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/UmvuZlW

Pioneer 10 Flies by Jupiter

In this illustration by Rick Giudice from August 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes by the gas giant planet Jupiter. via NASA https://ift.tt/usSPKjo

Apollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/nESB94y

Endeavour Crew Make Repairs to Hubble

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/94WcUYI

Orion Approaches Moon Before Return Flyby

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/oYOpib3

Hubble Spies Emission Nebula-Star Cluster Duo

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/dGJxuif

Orion’s Moon Crater Close-up

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/7RArvzV

Kamala Harris and French President Macron Meet at NASA Headquarters

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/mT5KuG4

Orion, Earth, and the Moon

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/cortpJj

Orion Approaches Moon for Outbound Powered Flyby

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/Q7nTzLj

Astronaut Snoopy 'Lands' in New York

The annual Thanksgiving event was held Nov. 24, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/3TNOK0F

Snoopy Hitches Ride to Space Aboard Artemis I

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/OrlfJoV

Orion’s Optical Navigation Camera Captures Earth

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft snapped this black and white photo of Earth on Nov. 17, 2022, the second day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/GmiqfJw

Orion Approaches Moon

On Nov. 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings captured this footage of the spacecraft and the Moon as it continued to grow nearer to our lunar neighbor. via NASA https://ift.tt/LNrIqQ8

Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/lf6qWKO

First Nations Launch Teams Build Rockets

Stephanie Yazzie, Northern Arizona University student and NAU Space Jacks team member, poses with her team’s rocket in this photo from the 2019 NASA First Nations Launch (FNL) competition. via NASA https://ift.tt/6VX9v8g

We Are Going: Artemis I Launches

Our Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST. via NASA https://ift.tt/Kyl5An1

Moonlit Launch Preparations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/4b5gaYB

Liftoff! Successful Launch for JPSS-2, LOFTID

The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. via NASA https://ift.tt/w2cb81L

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Jerry C. Elliott

Jerry Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first Native Americans hired at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks during Native American Heritage Month event in 2017 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/ig2aJn0

Astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines Study Farming in Space

In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless hydroponic and aeroponic methods to grow plants. via NASA https://ift.tt/XlJavnM

Blood Moon Total Eclipse at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/0Z9NHW6

Artemis I Glows After Sunset

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard was seen lit by spotlights atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continued Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/IaGriQ1

Thumbs Up from NASA Astronaut Nicole A. Mann

Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/BO2Cfl1

NASA ABoVE Team Studies Thawing Permafrost, Lakes

Since 2015, scientists participating in NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) have been studying the impacts of climate change on Earth’s far northern regions and how those changes are intertwined. via NASA https://ift.tt/gzK7ts2

Stress Testing Super Hornet’s Wings

Teams at the NASA Armstrong Research Center recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, seen here in a top view while in a wing loading test configuration at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. via NASA https://ift.tt/IjBwJZW

Grinning Gourd Decorates Milky Way

While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween. via NASA https://ift.tt/EPTas9L

Webb Reveals New Details in Pillars of Creation

Our James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new image of the famous Pillars of Creation—first imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995—that reveals new details about the region. via NASA https://ift.tt/Lo8BmhO

Lucy Spots Earth and Moon

On Oct. 13, 2022, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and the Moon from 890,000 miles (1.4 million km) away. via NASA https://ift.tt/yieUtfc

Mapping the Entire Night Sky

This mosaic is composed of images covering the entire sky, taken by the ​Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as part of WISE’s 2012 All-Sky Data Release. via NASA https://ift.tt/T3WFVjl

Jupiter in Ganymede’s Shadow

During its 40th close pass by Jupiter, our Juno spacecraft saw Ganymede cast a large, dark spot on the planet on Feb. 25, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/K8vEeok

IXPE Measures Exploded Star Remains

When a massive star collapsed in the Cassiopeia constellation, it generated a supernova explosion with some of the fastest shockwaves in the Milky Way. via NASA https://ift.tt/Zb1hOQi

Crew-4 Members Pose for Pre-Return Photo

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 members Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Samantha Cristoforetti link arms for a portrait on Oct. 14, 2022, just before boarding the Dragon Freedom crew ship, undocking from the International Space Station, and returning to Earth, completing a 170-day space research mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/Ike4S03

Aerial Leaf Peeping in Adirondack Park

Our Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9 acquired this vibrant image of deciduous trees and conifers in the Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York on Oct. 8, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/mtIM9Gz

Safe Return for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts

After 170 days in orbit, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti safely splashed down Friday, October 14, 2022, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/k3itNdF

Greetings from the Cupola

Expedition 67 flight engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins are all smiles in this Sept. 12, 2022, image from the International Space Station cupola. via NASA https://ift.tt/erzvH9n

Sun Rings in New Month with Strong Flare

The Sun released an X1 solar flare, captured by our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Oct. 2, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/iMafwHS

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Casts Long Exposure Light Beam

In this 20-second exposure from Oct. 5, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). via NASA https://ift.tt/EcKBagp