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Monday, May 15, 2017

Find Out Why We’re Blasting this Rocket with Wind | NASA

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The world’s most powerful rocket—our Space Launch System (SLS)—may experience ground wind gusts of up to 70 mph as it sits on the launch...

NASA Astronaut Discusses Life in Space with his Alma Mater

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May 10, 2017: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed his research and othe...

Wind Tunnel Testing Underway for Next, More Powerful Version of NASA SLS Rocket | NASA Marshall

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Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center and Ames Research Center are running tests in supersonic wind tunnels to develop the nex...

Apollo 15's Al Worden and Mission Planner Farouk El Baz visit MIT AeroAstro

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Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden and Egyptian-American space scientist Farouk El Baz, who helped NASA plan Apollo's Moon expl...

European Astronauts Checkout NASA's Orion Spacecraft

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European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Tim Peake: "Checking out the Orion spacecraft with fellow ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer an...

European Astronauts Checkout NASA's Orion Spacecraft

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European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Tim Peake: "Checking out the Orion spacecraft with fellow ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer an...

Greens! | International Space Station

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ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France: "Eat your greens kids! Fresh vegetables are rare on the International Space Station and whe...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Tropical Cyclone Donna | NASA Aqua Satellite

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In early May 2017, Tropical Cyclone Donna spun southeastward across the South Pacific, threading the islands of New Caledonia and Vanu...

Peggy with veggies | International Space Statio

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ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France: "Eat your greens kids! Fresh vegetables are rare on the International Space Station and when ...

Earth Desert Art | International Space Station

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ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France: "Unbelievable desert art. As often in Africa, the landscapes are so huge and diverse I’m ...

Tropical Cyclone Donna | NASA Aqua Satellite

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In early May 2017, Tropical Cyclone Donna spun southeastward across the South Pacific, threading the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuat...

Mars: Stratigraphy Exposed by an Impact Crater | NASA MRO

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Geologists love road cuts because they reveal the bedrock stratigraphy (layering). Until we have highways on Mars, we can get the same i...

Mars: An Ancient Valley Network | NASA MRO

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[Notice the fine shadows in the upper left corner...] Most of the oldest terrains on Mars have eroded into branching valleys, as seen here i...

Views of Saturn's moon Titan | NASA Cassini

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Left image assembled using raw uncalibrated RGB filtered images. Right image assembled using raw uncalibrated near-infrared (CB3), green...

Merging Galaxies Have Enshrouded Black Holes | NASA

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Image: This illustration compares growing supermassive black holes in two different kinds of galaxies. A growing supermassive black hole...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Mars: Slope Monitoring in Hale Crater's Central Peaks | NASA

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Observation by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), approximately 252 kilometers above the surface. Enhanced color scene is les...