Posts Tagged With: NASA
The Little (Mars) Helicopter That Could
Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars. … Read more
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Secured Atop an Atlas V Rocket
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at … Read more
240,000 Miles to the Moon
On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot … Read more
A Peek Inside the Orion Nebula
This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of … Read more
A View of the Rings of Saturn
This artist’s illustration shows the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. via NASA https://ift.tt/2TdSnMb
Celebrating 5 Years at Jupiter
On July 4, 2016, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant planet’s … Read more
Honoring the Space Shuttle Closeout Crew Lead
This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program … Read more
SpaceX Cargo Dragon Departs the Space Station
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module. via NASA … Read more
Hubble Glimpses a Galactic Duo
Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide … Read more
This Week in NASA History: Final Launch of Shuttle Program – July 8, 2011
This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. … Read more