2018年11月30日星期五

A 'BrainStorm Trooper' Inquires About NASA Exploration


A Nova Labs Robotics "BrainStorm Troopers" team member from Reston, Virginia, asks a question during an Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) announcement.

2018年11月29日星期四

Hubble Explores the Coma Cluster's More Than 1,000 Galaxies


This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic is of a portion of the immense Coma cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 300 million light-years from Earth.

2018年11月28日星期三

The Dunes in Mars' Wirtz Crater


In Mars' Wirtz Crater, these dunes are likely active.

2018年11月27日星期二

Ringing in InSight's Landing on the Red Planet


NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Melanie Saunders and astronaut Mike Massimino ring the closing bell of Nasdaq after the NASA's InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.

2018年11月26日星期一

InSight and MarCO, New Technologies Headed for the Red Planet


NASA social media participant Bryan Branly takes a photograph of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) model before the Mars InSight pre-landing briefing.

2018年11月21日星期三

Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient Found in Glass


A new study using observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reports for the first time that silica — one of the most common minerals found on Earth — is formed when massive stars explode.

2018年11月20日星期二

20 Years Ago, Construction Began on the International Space Station


On Nov. 20, 1998, the Zarya Functional Cargo Block launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to serve as a temporary control module for the nascent International Space Station. This October 2018 photo shows the station today, fully complete.

2018年11月19日星期一

SS John Young Cargo Craft Docks to Space Station


"Captured Cygnus today with @Astro_Alex…Proud to have The SS John Young on-board!" said astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor today, as the International Space Station crew brought aboard the latest Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft, loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies.

SS John Young Cargo Craft Docks to Space Station


International Space Station crew brought aboard the latest Russian Progress cargo craft.

2018年11月17日星期六

Antares Seen from Washington D.C. Tidal Basin


​The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, is seen above the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, on Nov. 17, 2018.

2018年11月16日星期五

A Scar That the Woolsey Fire Left Behind


In the wake of a fire, a burn scar appears which takes a long time to heal. This scar is from the Woolsey fire which has taken its toll around Thousand Oaks, California.

2018年11月15日星期四

Finding an Elusive Star Behind a Supernova


Located 65 million light-years away ia a blue supergiant star that once existed inside a cluster of young stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 3938, as shown in this artist's concept.

2018年11月14日星期三

Northrop Grumman's Antares Rocket on the Pad


The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Northop Grumman's Antares Rocket on the Pad


The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

2018年11月13日星期二

Raging Six-Day-Old Camp Fire Reaches 125,000 Acres in Size


The six day old Camp Fire has already attained the unfortunate title of California's deadliest fire.

2018年11月9日星期五

Flooding Along the Nueces River


On Nov. 1, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured a false-color view of flooding along the Nueces River in a series of storms that have delivered historic amounts of rain to central Texas.

2018年11月8日星期四

Twilight Islands


The Frozen Wild Dnieper River


Curling snow drifts are magnified by the terrain around the 1,400 mile Dnieper River, flowing from Russia to the Black Sea in this image from the International Space Station on Feb. 9th, 2017.

2018年11月7日星期三

Recovery of the Test Orion Capsule in the Pacific Ocean


On Nov. 1, 2018, the USS John P. Murtha recovered the test version of the Orion capsule at sunset in the Pacific Ocean. This is one in a series of tests that will verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions.

2018年11月6日星期二

2018年11月5日星期一

Suwannee Blackwater River Meets the Sea


The Suwannee is known as a “blackwater river” because of its dark-brown waters laden with organic material.

2018年11月2日星期五

The International Space Station as of Oct. 4, 2018


The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

2018年11月1日星期四

Orion’s European Service Module to Arrive for First Mission


The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.