Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, briefs Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on celestial objects in 1965 in Washington, D.C.
Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, briefs Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on celestial objects in 1965 in Washington, D.C.
Deimos Before Dawn
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA's Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, the 1,433rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Saxophone in Space
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, STS-41B mission specialist, used some of his off-duty time aboard the space shuttle Challenger to play his saxophone.
Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the Columbia Glacier, a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound on the south coast of Alaska...
#imageoftheday #EuropeanSpaceAgency #columbiaglacieralaska #photography #glaciers #alaska #PhysicalGeography
https://www.earth.com/image/columbia-glacier-on-the-south-coast-of-alaska/
Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the galaxy I Zwicky 18, which was captured in remarkable detail by the James Webb Space Telescope...
#imageoftheday #EuropeanSpaceAgency #dwarfgalaxy #jameswebbspacetelescope #photography #universe #space
https://www.earth.com/image/dwarf-galaxy-i-zwicky-18-has-a-youthful-appearance/
Norman Rockwell Commemorates Gemini Program with Grissom and Young
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are suited for the first flight of the Gemini program in March 1965. NASA loaned Norman Rockwell a Gemini spacesuit in order to make this painting as accurate as possible.
Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features an astronaut view of Mount Nemrut, a volcano located in eastern Turkey near Lake Van...
#imageoftheday #nasaearthobservatory #turkiye #mountnemrut #volcano #lakevan #photography #geography
https://www.earth.com/image/the-immense-caldera-of-mount-nemrut/
Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet Light
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet and the Sun are in opposite sides of the sky, this view of the gas giant planet includes the iconic, massive storm called the “Great Red Spot.”
https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/hubble-provides-unique-ultraviolet-view-of-jupiter-2/
Langley’s Propeller Research Tunnel
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Chief of aerodynamics Elton W. Miller ponders the future of the Sperry M-1 Messenger, the first full-scale airplane tested in the Propeller Research Tunnel. Miller was one of the designers of the Propeller Research Tunnel.