The Moon begins to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert. via NASA https://ift.tt/2tmlFat
Tag: NASA
A PHOTO: Another Day at the Office
"Space was our office yesterday. #EVA51," said International Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold on Friday. via NASA https://ift.tt/2M0SZv7
A PHOTO: Bang and Whoosh!
This HiRISE image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JOOk2f
A PHOTO: A Deep Space Communications Hub in the Desert
When NASA engineers were looking for a place to build a network of large radio antennas in the 1950s, they knew they needed somewhere quiet. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JCG1qW
A PHOTO: Shades of Martian Darkness
Science operations for NASA's Opportunity rover have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a dust storm on Mars. This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view,. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JVsVo9
A PHOTO: Evaluating the Noise of Future Aircraft
To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by an aircraft’s engine exhaust. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sQ9PG6
A PHOTO: Clouds Over Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains
Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Mcj5MR
A PHOTO: Clouds Over Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains
Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Mcj5MR
A PHOTO: New Crew Arrives at the International Space Station
Expedition 56 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sIo8wl
A PHOTO: Hubble Images a Galaxy with Threads of Blue
A ripple of bright blue gas threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JnOH4k
A PHOTO: Soyuz Lifts Off to Bring New Crew to Space Station
The Soyuz MS-09 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA on June 6, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2szfjFa
A PHOTO: Patches of Snow on the Red Planet
In early Martian summer, at the time NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this image, the dunes are almost free of their seasonal ice cover. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HncivW
A PHOTO: Soyuz Rolled to the Pad for Wednesday Launch to Space Station
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lis79M
A PHOTO: Soyuz Rolled to the Pad for Wednesday Launch to Space Station
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lis79M
A PHOTO: Expedition 55 Crew Returns Home from the International Space Station
The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sCdHts