NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5, 2019, from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2YYQmS9

David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency completed the first spacewalk of his career on Monday, April 8, 2019. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Gfb2Ot

Astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony on April 6, 2019. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2D489O6

As Glenn Graham, director of Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance flew his T-34 aircraft over California’s Antelope Valley, he beheld a once in a lifetime event–a superbloom. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2OUCGmA

In December 2018, an astronaut on the International Space Station took this highly oblique photograph of snow on the eastern Tien Shan and Taklimakan Desert in Central Asia. via NASA https://ift.tt/2G2keo3

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this image as the station flew 265 miles above this cloudy formation in the south Indian Ocean. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FXlXfm

In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot of ice and contributing to sea level rise. via NASA https://ift.tt/2D16XeL

Astronaut Nick Hague performs a spacewalk on March 29, 2019. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HQtoXN

This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum (the Shield). Messier 11 is also known as the Wild Duck Cluster, as its brightest stars form a “V” shape that somewhat resembles a flock of ducks in flight. via NASA https://ift.tt/2CMbhhy

A small asteroid was caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. via NASA https://ift.tt/2V6SOni