Archive | Image of the day

Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. To source

In March 2017, Peggy Whitson broke the then-spacewalking record for female astronauts. To source

Today is National Doctors’ Day! To source

Located about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally. To source

This photograph shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica that throw shadows against the ice. To source

NASA’s new three-dimensional portrait of methane concentrations shows the world’s second largest contributor to greenhouse warming. To source

Christina Koch handles media bags that enable the manufacturing of organ-like tissues using the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), a 3-D biological printer on the International Space Station. To source

The central region of our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains an exotic collection of objects. To source

Michelle Lynde is an aerospace engineer who conducts aerodynamic analysis of configurations using Computational Fluid Dynamics tools, wind tunnel experiments and flight tests. To source

Former astronaut Al Worden, command module pilot on the Apollo 15 lunar landing, passed away March 18, 2020, in Texas.​ To source

An alligator lurks in a marshy waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. To source

With the USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) in the distance, helicopters from the HSC-23 squadron fly by a test version of an Orion capsule during Underway Recover y Test-8 in the Pacific Ocean. To source

Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz trainer. To source