Tag Archives: NASA

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Hubble: 30 Years and Counting

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

NASA and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Frank Cisco

Did you know that NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge? via NASA https://ift.tt/2MIyHNb

Kelly Latimer: Dryden’s First Female Research Test Pilot

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Sign Installation

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Mary W. Jackson: NASA’s First Female African American Engineer

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Reflections from a Black Hole

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Traversing Mars’ Jezero Crater

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Frank Cisco

This image depicts a possible area through which the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could traverse across Jezero Crater. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NXkgFi

Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Frank Cisco

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

Alvin Drew: Down to Earth

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Frank Cisco

On Feb. 28, 2011, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participates in the STS-133 mission’s first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3sl6mLN