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First Hot Fire Test of the Year for Artemis

[ad_1] NASA completed a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, continuing a critical test series to support future SLS (Space Launch System) missions to the Moon and beyond as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Image Credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/s24-001-ssc-20240117-s00006-rs-25-testorig/Copy URL to […]

Hubble Sees a Merged Galaxy

[ad_1] This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue in visible light, which sets them apart from other high-starburst galaxies that emit more infrared light. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. […]

Deputy Discovery and Systems Health Technical Area Lead Dr. Rodney Martin

[ad_1] “… it’s challenge, service, and building the future. If I don’t do anything else in my entire life except for those three things, I’m at least getting something right. I might be getting everything else entirely wrong, but I can at least work toward those three things.” — Dr. Rodney Martin, Deputy Discovery and […]

First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth

[ad_1] NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 23. As part of training for their mission around the Moon next year, the first crewed flight under […]

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered Spacewalk

[ad_1] Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm frame photographed by his fellow crewmembers onboard the reusable vehicle. McCandless is in the midst of the first “field” tryout of the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device called the manned maneuvering unit (MMU). Astronaut Robert L. Stewart got […]

Skylab 4 Recovery Ends Program

[ad_1] The crewmen of the third and final manned Skylab mission relax on the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship for their mission, about an hour after their Command Module splashed down at 10:17 a.m. (CDT), Feb. 8, 1974. The splashdown, which occurred 176 statute miles from San Diego, ended 84 record-setting days of flight […]

Astronaut Bob Hines – NASA

[ad_1] “Being able to see the world from a different perspective is incredible, and getting to fly in space was the culmination of that, seeing the world from an entirely new vantage point.” — Bob Hines, Astronaut, NASA’s Johnson Space Center Image Credit: NASA / Kjell Lindgren Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/bobhines-fon-52257560772-244c61aeef-k/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] […]

Astronaut Charles Bolden Preps for Deorbit

[ad_1] STS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He is wearing the orange launch and entry suit. Bolden and his crewmates performed proximity operations with the Russian Mir space station. Image Credit: NASA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/sts060-302-001orig/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] […]

NGC 4254 (Webb Image) – NASA

[ad_1] It’s oh-so-easy to be mesmerized by this spiral galaxy. Follow its clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to its center, where there may be old star clusters and – sometimes – active supermassive black holes. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope delivered highly detailed scenes of this and other nearby spiral galaxies in […]

A Floridian Sunset – NASA

[ad_1] Photographers at NASA capture the sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The iconic Vehicle Assembly Building, completed in 1966 and currently used for assembly of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for Artemis missions, remains the only building in which rockets were […]

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Category: Pic of the Day

First Hot Fire Test of the Year for Artemis

Hubble Sees a Merged Galaxy

Deputy Discovery and Systems Health Technical Area Lead Dr. Rodney Martin

First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered Spacewalk

Skylab 4 Recovery Ends Program

Astronaut Bob Hines – NASA

Astronaut Charles Bolden Preps for Deorbit

NGC 4254 (Webb Image) – NASA

A Floridian Sunset – NASA