Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. via NASA https://ift.tt/Z4FGPN8
Tag Archives: NASA
NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record
In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/BmPCMJw
Who Needs Pi?
Today is Pi Day! via NASA https://ift.tt/EiQGU35
Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst
An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/qTpQP46
Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station
This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans’s Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/Jmdrg6K
3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors
The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZzMhQRT
Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon
These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent. via NASA https://ift.tt/8GFk6mn
Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora
The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them. via NASA https://ift.tt/s8pItSH
Nancy Grace Roman: First Chief Astronomer
In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA. via NASA https://ift.tt/ROtE8dP
A View of the Red Planet (in Blue)
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars’ Jezero Crater called “Santa Cruz” on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/5CJQ9MN