This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3wtXjdc
Category Archives: Nasa
There’s a Starr in the Asteroid Belt
Our birthday wishes for Ringo Starr’s 81st birthday are almost boundless. via NASA https://ift.tt/3hmAbsZ
In Orbit Around a Red Dwarf Star
Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune. via NASA https://ift.tt/36hJELS
Hubble Sees a Cluster of Red, White, and Blue
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. via NASA https://ift.tt/3wa5lrz
Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center
This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen Chandra observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the Milky Way. via NASA https://ift.tt/3hsUGTu
Picturing Our Solar System’s Asteroid Belt
Today is International Asteroid Day! via NASA https://ift.tt/3hBrsCf
Visualizing Quieter Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms. via NASA https://ift.tt/3A7ndXk
Space Station Transits the Sun
This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/3dmuKrx
Hubble Images a Dazzling Dynamic Duo
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/35NG4J8
Viewing Earth from the Space Station
In this June 2021 image, our Sun’s glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above south of western Australia. via NASA https://ift.tt/3zWJyqk