The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/kD6YmCt
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Liftoff! Successful Launch for JPSS-2, LOFTID
The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. via NASA https://ift.tt/NwV9uk6
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Jerry C. Elliott
Jerry Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first Native Americans hired at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, speaks during Native American Heritage Month event in 2017 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/NhWmuMs
Astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines Study Farming in Space
In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless hydroponic and aeroponic methods to grow plants. via NASA https://ift.tt/STFdJ3b
Blood Moon Total Eclipse at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/h3ievyf
Artemis I Glows After Sunset
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard was seen lit by spotlights atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continued Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/G2vgXRq
Thumbs Up from NASA Astronaut Nicole A. Mann
Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/lBni9Hs
NASA ABoVE Team Studies Thawing Permafrost, Lakes
Since 2015, scientists participating in NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) have been studying the impacts of climate change on Earth’s far northern regions and how those changes are intertwined. via NASA https://ift.tt/qodDp1w
Stress Testing Super Hornet’s Wings
Teams at the NASA Armstrong Research Center recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, seen here in a top view while in a wing loading test configuration at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. via NASA https://ift.tt/u2eBR0C
Grinning Gourd Decorates Milky Way
While observing the outer region of the Milky Way galaxy, our Spitzer Telescope captured this infrared image of a cloud of gas and dust that looks like the hollowed-out pumpkins we see every Halloween. via NASA https://ift.tt/g14DFeQ