This color-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA http://ift.tt/2A7ToKr
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Sunrise Flight to the Space Station
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-ike UltraFlex solar arrays approaches the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2017. via NASA http://ift.tt/2z9ouRN
How to See the Atmosphere
How can you see the atmosphere? The answer is blowing in the wind. via NASA http://ift.tt/2z3kqCD
Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars
On November 14, 1971, Mariner ( took this image of a shield volcano on Mars. via NASA http://ift.tt/2zW0Sjy
Our Living Earth … From Space
Can you identify this river? via NASA http://ift.tt/2hp8xvp
Liftoff! Orbital Antares Rocket Launches From Wallops Flight Facility
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 via NASA http://ift.tt/2ji3l0C
Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight. Fischer, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, wrote, “Few things can compare to the honor of meeting WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets today–thank you for your sacrifices to keep us all free.” via NASA http://ift.tt/2iKZW6A
Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles
On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon. via NASA http://ift.tt/2m8w1ua
Rare Encircling Filament
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a dark filament encircling an active region (Oct. 29-31, 2017). Solar filaments are clouds of charged particles that float above the sun, tethered to it by magnetic forces. via NASA http://ift.tt/2yhGPrr
Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds
Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed cloudy skies over Sudan during an International Space Station flyover on Oct. 22, 2017. Nespoli shared the image with his followers on social media on Nov. 6, writing, “#EarthFromSpace means also… Lots of clouds! How do they look from below?” via NASA http://ift.tt/2AhQv5K