NASA Image of the Day

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for the Europa Clipper mission during an event with NASA, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Library of Congress in Washington. Source link

Hired by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963, Josephine Jue was a Chinese-American computer programmer and mathematician who worked for the agency for more than 30 years. Source link

By recreating realistic Moon-like environments, we can get a much better idea of how VIPER will perform on the surface. Source link

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch on Friday, May 26, with NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats payload. Source link

The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Source link

“If I can advocate for all the groups that need equity, I’m glad to do it.” – Anita Dey, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Outreach and Engagement, NASA Headquarters Source link

Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023. Source link

The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, named Freedom, is seen as it approaches the International Space Station with four Axiom Mission 2 private astronauts aboard on Monday, May 22, 2023. Source link

Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174. Source link

The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Source link