[ad_1] The north coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on the Pacific Ocean is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above. Image Credit: NASA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss070e003846/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link
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Psyche Launch – NASA
[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study …
Read More »Psyche Rollout – NASA
[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Psyche mission, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel …
Read More »Hubble Views a Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy
[ad_1] It’s easy to get swept up in the swirling starry arms of this intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 4654, in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy has a bright center and is labeled “intermediate” because it has characteristics of both unbarred and barred spirals. NGC 4654 is just north of the …
Read More »Research Scientist Alfonso Davila – NASA
[ad_1] “I think the experience of putting yourself in an uncomfortable environment and coming at the other end with lessons learned is always positive. Trying to expand the windows of where you feel comfortable gives you a chance to know yourself better.” — Alfonso Davila, Research Scientist, Exobiology Branch, NASA’s …
Read More »A Bear on Mars? – NASA
[ad_1] This feature looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really? There’s a hill with a V-shaped collapse structure (the nose), two craters (the eyes), and a circular fracture pattern (the head). The circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a …
Read More »Astronaut Raja Chari Is Ready for Taco Night
[ad_1] iss066e083715 (Nov. 26, 2021) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari is ready for taco night as he shows off a taco made with fresh chile peppers harvested from inside the International Space Station’s Advanced Plant Habitat. [ad_2] Source link
Read More »Expedition 69 Soyuz Landing – NASA
[ad_1] Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev landed in their Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 …
Read More »Origin of Marshall Space Flight Center
[ad_1] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created on October 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Eisenhower commissioned Dr. T. Keith Glennan, right, as the first administrator for NASA and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as deputy administrator. Image Credit: NASA Read …
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