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Bear wrote a new post, NASA's Hubble Finds Spiraling Stars, Providing Window into Early Universe 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bear wrote a new post, Voyager 1’s Mission to the Outer Planet Begins 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip […]

Bear wrote a new post, A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Bear wrote a new post, The Crater Farm 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA’s Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. via NASA https://ift.tt/gJkc0BC

Bear wrote a new post, Lacerta’s Star Outshines a Galaxy 6 months, 3 weeks ago

A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/kczD8OC

Bear wrote a new post, A Peek Into Jupiter’s Inner Life 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). via NASA https://ift.tt/a7jqQ9m

Bear wrote a new post, Early Morning Artemis I 6 months, 3 weeks ago

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams loaded more than 700,000 gallons o […]

Bear wrote a new post, Apollo 15 Catches Earth on the Horizon 6 months, 3 weeks ago

This view of the crescent Earth over the Moon’s horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/zdG2D6h

Bear wrote a new post, NASA T-38s Soar Over Artemis I 6 months, 4 weeks ago

T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, making pilots and mission specialists think quicky in changing situations. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NpzDYs

Bear wrote a new post, Milky Way Time Lapse 6 months, 4 weeks ago

This time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy taken from the International Space Station (ISS) also captured a lightning strike on Earth so bright that it lights up the space station’s solar panels. via NASA https://ift.tt/SujhIdG

Bear wrote a new post, The Historic X-1E Looks Forward 7 months ago

The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA’s experimental X-1 series of aircraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/CIgJMhQ

Bear wrote a new post, NASA's Europa Clipper in High Bay 1 7 months ago

The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. via NASA https://ift.tt/UPvSd8y

Bear wrote a new post, Moon Over New Orleans 7 months ago

A paddlewheeler makes its way up the Mississippi River as the moon rises over New Orleans on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/7pTDmIY

Bear wrote a new post, Voyager 1 Sees the Great Red Spot 7 months ago

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. via NASA https://ift.tt/q59NRuK

Bear wrote a new post, We Are Going: Artemis I on Launch Pad 7 months ago

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Bear wrote a new post, Perennial Perseids 7 months, 1 week ago

The Perseid meteors are an annual event many skywatchers look forward to, as they often produce lots of shooting stars to enjoy. via NASA https://ift.tt/GtQp2Vq

Bear wrote a new post, Aquanaut Gets to Work Underwater 7 months, 1 week ago

A team of roboticists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have applied their expertise in making robots for deep space to designing a fully electric shape-changing submersible robot that will cut costs f […]

Bear wrote a new post, Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape 7 months, 1 week ago

This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505. via NASA https://ift.tt/As3lIZc

Bear wrote a new post, Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install 7 months, 1 week ago

Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install via NASA https://ift.tt/aRJUQ7o

Bear wrote a new post, NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames 7 months, 1 week ago

In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames. via NASA https://ift.tt/fjeFaoU