Yearly Archives: 2023

A View Through Skylab – NASA

[ad_1] A 35mm camera, operated by astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, recorded this wide scene of his Skylab 4 crewmates on the other end of the orbital workshop. Astronauts Jerry P. Carr (right), commander, and Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, pose for the snapshot. Also in the frame …

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NASA’s C-130 Delivers GUSTO Payload to Antarctica

[ad_1] NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023. Image Credit: NASA / Scott Battaion Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/nasa-c-130-delivers-gusto-payload-to-antarctica-3/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare …

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Dragon Lights Up the Night

[ad_1] In this photo from Nov. 9, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminates the water as it launches at night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 29th commercial resupply mission of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft brought new scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the …

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NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Alaskan Aurora

[ad_1] A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying the DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. Image Credit: NASA/Lee Wingfield Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/wff-2023-080-157/Copy URL to clipboard> …

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Euclid Spots a Spiral Galaxy

[ad_1] The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it. Image Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing …

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NASA’s Worm Logo – NASA

[ad_1] The NASA Worm Logo sign is unveiled before the ribbon cutting ceremony to open NASA’s Earth Information Center, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Image Credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/nasas-earth-information-center-ribbon-cutting-9/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link

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Jupiter in Ultraviolet – NASA

[ad_1] NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Wong (University of California – Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/hubble-jupiter-jul22-3-flat-final/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link

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Details from Webb’s Cameras Reveal Crabby Composition

[ad_1] 6,500 light-years away lies the Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star. While this target has been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s infrared sensitivity and resolution offer new clues into the makeup and origins of this scene. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, …

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Nighttime on the East Coast

[ad_1] This nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. The orbital lab was soaring 262 miles above the Pine Tree State of Maine at the time of …

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