Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s Spacewalk

[ad_1] Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 command and service modules (CSM) and lunar module (LM), with Earth in the background, during astronaut David R. Scott’s stand-up spacewalk, on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. Scott, command module pilot, is standing in the open hatch of the command module. Astronaut Russell […]

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Martian Barchan Dunes – NASA

[ad_1] This image shows two types of sand dunes on Mars. The small dots are called barchan dunes, and from their shape we can tell that they are upwind. The downwind dunes are long and linear. These two types of dune each show the wind direction in different ways: the barchans have a steep slope […]

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Moon and Sun Over Wyoming

[ad_1] The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun at the point of the maximum of the partial solar eclipse near Banner, Wyoming on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar […]

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NASA Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara Read First Woman

[ad_1] Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, both NASA astronauts, are pictured inside the International Space Station’s cupola holding NASA’s first graphic novel, “First Woman.” Image Credit: NASA/Loral O’Hara Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss070e064628/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link

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Apollo 9 Crew Comes Home

[ad_1] Immediately after splashdown, a recovery helicopter from the USS Guadalcanal hovers over the Apollo 9 spacecraft. Still inside the Command Module are astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. EST March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal, the prime recovery ship, […]

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Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Melanie Grande

[ad_1] Melanie Grande works in mission design and systems analysis at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she has contributed to planning for human exploration of both the Moon and Mars. Starting in Langley’s Space Mission Analysis Branch (SMAB) as a Pathways co-op student in 2016, Melanie currently works as an aerospace engineer on the Mars […]

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Celebrating Pi Day on the International Space Station

[ad_1] NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day aboard the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Warren Hoburg Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss068e075336/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Launches Snap It! Computer Game to Learn About Eclipses

[ad_1] 2 Min Read NASA Launches Snap It! Computer Game to Learn About Eclipses In NASA’s Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure game, players will help the traveler take photos of the Sun and create postcards. Credits: NASA On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible to over 30 million people across […]

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NASA’s Artemis IV: Building First Lunar Space Station

[ad_1] NASA and its partners are developing the foundational systems needed for long-term exploration at the Moon for the benefit of all with NASA’s Artemis campaign. Following the Artemis III mission that will land the first people near the Moon’s South Pole, astronauts on Artemis IV will live and work in humanity’s first lunar space […]

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St. Patrick’s Aurora Illuminates the Night Sky

[ad_1] This majestic image of the dazzling green lights of the aurora borealis was captured on March 17, 2015, around 5:30 a.m. EDT in Donnelly Creek, Alaska. Image Credit: Sebastian Saarloos Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/gsfc-20171208-archive-e000760orig-stpatricksaurora-iotd/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link

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