Lacerta’s Star Outshines a Galaxy

A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/hiOkwCB

A Peek Into Jupiter’s Inner Life

Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). via NASA https://ift.tt/Ie9GQEm

Early Morning Artemis I

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams loaded more than 700 thousand gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. via NASA https://ift.tt/oubZ46N

Apollo 15 Catches Earth on the Horizon

This view of the crescent Earth over the Moon's horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/vtVTwrJ

NASA T-38s Soar Over Artemis I

​T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, making pilots and mission specialists think quicky in changing situations. via NASA https://ift.tt/xGufYyh

Milky Way Time Lapse

This time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy taken from the International Space Station (ISS) also captured a lightning strike on Earth so bright that it lights up the space station’s solar panels. via NASA https://ift.tt/DI5hniQ

The Historic X-1E Looks Forward

The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA's experimental X-1 series of aircraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/sqjBQSC

NASA's Europa Clipper in High Bay 1

The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. via NASA https://ift.tt/fdrCFs0

Moon Over New Orleans

A paddlewheeler makes its way up the Mississippi River as the moon rises over New Orleans on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/4P1853l

Voyager 1 Sees the Great Red Spot

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. via NASA https://ift.tt/M69ruty

We Are Going: Artemis I on Launch Pad

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/t1qijhf

Perennial Perseids

The Perseid meteors are an annual event many skywatchers look forward to, as they often produce lots of shooting stars to enjoy. via NASA https://ift.tt/9kzwCJ2

Aquanaut Gets to Work Underwater

A team of roboticists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have applied their expertise in making robots for deep space to designing a fully electric shape-changing submersible robot that will cut costs for maritime industries. via NASA https://ift.tt/gjZcnhM

Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape

This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505. via NASA https://ift.tt/rhf3QKB

Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install

Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install via NASA https://ift.tt/17SVymo

NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames

In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames. via NASA https://ift.tt/9HAmEw2

Moon Mosaic

This Moon-mosaic is comprised of 1,231 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC) in the summer of 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/raBvDNf

Curiosity's Dusty Selfie

Since August 2012, Curiosity has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. The rover has climbed more than 2,000 feet (612 meters), reaching progressively younger rocks that serve as a record on how Mars has evolved from a wet, habitable planet to a cold desert environment. via NASA https://ift.tt/eEaOcFI

Ice Stars

Like distant galaxies amid clouds of interstellar dust, chunks of sea ice drift through graceful swirls of grease ice in the frigid waters of Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. via NASA https://ift.tt/ahfsHjv

Wildflowers in Bloom at Kennedy Space Center

With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/Qmf7ZFa

Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy

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NASA Pays Tribute to Nichelle Nichols

NASA celebrates the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/8grjMQV