"Oh my God, look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!”
William Anders
Lunar Orbit
December 24, 1968
https://bbc.com/future/article/20230511-earthrise-the-photo-that-sparked-an-environmental-movement
#nasa
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Commercial Moon Rovers Under Test
Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers as they live, work, and conduct science in the Moon’s South Pole region, exploring more of the lunar surface than ever before.
Image Credit: #NASA/Bill Stafford
https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2024e076712-alt-8f82f3/
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its 22nd close approach of the Sun tomorrow Dec 24, 2024 at 11:53 UTC. At perihelion, it will be at a record distance of just 6.1 million km from the solar surface, traveling at a record speed of 692,018 km/h, beating its previous record of 7.26 million km and 635,300 km/h during perihelion 21 on Sep 30.
For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km.
https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=205
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe #NASA
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NASA’s Terra Satellite Captures 2015 Eclipse Shadow https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-terra-satellite-captures-2015-eclipse-shadow/ #NASA #SolarEclipses #Terra
You know what is one of the things I love about governmental, non-commercial space exploration? That everything has to be open. All research done by NASA is shared in the public domain. ISS telemetry is also open and can be read real-time. Like this webpage is doing:
https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/
Open data vs corporate secrets.
NASA DAVINCI Mission’s Many ‘Firsts’ to Unlock Venus’ Hidden Secrets https://science.nasa.gov/uncategorized/davincis-many-firsts-at-venus/ #NASA #DAVINCIDeepAtmosphereVenusInvestigationOfNobleGasesChemistryAndImaging #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Missions #NASACentersFacilities #NASADirectorates #PlanetaryEnvironmentsAtmospheres #PlanetaryGeosciencesGeophysics #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision #Planets #ScienceResearch
NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-finds-planet-forming-disks-lived-longer-in-early-universe/ #NASA #Astrophysics #Galaxies #GalaxiesStarsBlackHoles #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #ScienceResearch #Stars #TheUniverse
I find it helpful to remember that there is a literal hell world in our solar system: Jupiter's moon Io, a ball of nonstop sulfurous infernal activity.
NASA just released a new simulation of Io's nasty underworld. Hey, things could be worse.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/juno/nasas-juno-mission-uncovers-heart-of-jovian-moons-volcanic-rage/ #space #science #nasa #nature
NGC 7009: The Saturn Nebula
Credits: U. Washington, WFPC2, HST, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography
NASA has recently released updated websites for data!
Check out the new Science, Earth, and Planetary data sites!
Absturz des Mars-Helikopters Ingenuity: Navigationssystem an Gelände gescheitert
Im Januar ist der Mars-Helikopter Ingenuity nach über 70 Flügen plötzlich abgestürzt. Nun meint die NASA, die Ursache für den Unfall ermittelt zu haben.
After several months of climbing up the steep slopes of the Jezero crater rim, Perseverance has reached the top!
The afternoon sun provides a spectacular view on landscape which the rover will explore soon!
Full panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/marsrover-perseverance-navcam-sol-1354
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
Hubble Captures an Edge-On Spiral with Curve Appeal https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-captures-an-edge-on-spiral-with-curve-appeal/ #NASA #HubbleSpaceTelescope #SpiralGalaxies
#PhotoOfTheDay: The #DarkSide and the Bright Side
A #NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (#DSCOVR) has captured a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth.
A series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the Moon that is not visible from Earth.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86353/the-dark-side-and-the-bright-side
