Located 65 million light-years away ia a blue supergiant star that once existed inside a cluster of young stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 3938, as shown in this artist’s concept. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Tgfktm
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Northrop Grumman’s Antares Rocket on the Pad
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FldjsT
Northop Grumman’s Antares Rocket on the Pad
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. via NASA https://ift.tt/2z85XDC
Raging Six-Day-Old Camp Fire Reaches 125,000 Acres in Size
The six day old Camp Fire has already attained the unfortunate title of California’s deadliest fire. via NASA https://ift.tt/2QCDcFC
Flooding Along the Nueces River
On Nov. 1, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured a false-color view of flooding along the Nueces River in a series of storms that have delivered historic amounts of rain to central Texas. via NASA https://ift.tt/2PoiUDd
The Frozen Wild Dnieper River
Curling snow drifts are magnified by the terrain around the 1,400 mile Dnieper River, flowing from Russia to the Black Sea in this image from the International Space Station on Feb. 9th, 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FlA7Zg
Recovery of the Test Orion Capsule in the Pacific Ocean
On Nov. 1, 2018, the USS John P. Murtha recovered the test version of the Orion capsule at sunset in the Pacific Ocean. This is one in a series of tests that will verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JMpflS
Earth Enveloped in Airglow
Earth Enveloped in Airglow via NASA https://ift.tt/2qshIQu
Suwannee Blackwater River Meets the Sea
The Suwannee is known as a “blackwater river” because of its dark-brown waters laden with organic material. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Or27dy
The International Space Station as of Oct. 4, 2018
The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking. via NASA https://ift.tt/2RuTgcz