At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women. via NASA https://ift.tt/2OfgFCX
This artist’s impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star’s vast convection cells and violent ejections. via NASA https://ift.tt/3edfa2Q
It’s March 2021 and in about another month the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NTSNoo
Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/3uP1e50
On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign is installed ahead of the building naming ceremony. via NASA https://ift.tt/2PeuGRm
On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency’s first African American female engineer. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ZSzBJR
This 2003 composite X-ray and optical image of galaxy NGC 1068 shows gas blowing away in a high-speed wind from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. via NASA https://ift.tt/37NwXJH
This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing. via NASA https://ift.tt/3slIKH3