When NASA engineers were looking for a place to build a network of large radio antennas in the 1950s, they knew they needed somewhere quiet. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JCG1qW

Science operations for NASA’s Opportunity rover have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a dust storm on Mars. This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA’s Opportunity rover’s point of view,. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JVsVo9

To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by an aircraft’s engine exhaust. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sQ9PG6

Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Mcj5MR

Expedition 56 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sIo8wl

A ripple of bright blue gas threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JnOH4k

The Soyuz MS-09 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA on June 6, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2szfjFa

In early Martian summer, at the time NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this image, the dunes are almost free of their seasonal ice cover. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HncivW

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lis79M

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sCdHts