Student Experiments Take Flight on Sounding Rocket from NASA Wallops

A Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket carrying students experiments for the RockOn! mission successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Aug. 17 at 6 a.m. EDT. via NASA https://ift.tt/rObh5nR

Ospreys Make a Home at Kennedy

Two ospreys perch in their nest atop a marshalling area sign in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this photo from June 7, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/XuMp61x

Wildfires in the Northwest Territories

On August 8, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of dense plumes of smoke streaming from dozens of large fires in the Northwest Territories. via NASA https://ift.tt/DdBG641

Artemis II Crew, Meet Orion

While wearing clean room suits, the Artemis II crew members check out their Orion crew module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 7, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/ajRmTGU

An Artist’s Concept of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Landing

This artist’s concept from July 11, 1969, depicts the Apollo 11 lunar module (LM) Eagle landing on the surface of the Moon. via NASA https://ift.tt/Qz0sqhZ

Phoenix’s Red Planet Selfie

NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander gathered images of itself for this selfie from June 5 through July 12, 2008, with its Surface Stereo Imager. via NASA https://ift.tt/Vz6pHR3

Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever Detected

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