The versatile Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to grapple and remove the HTV-9 resupply craft from the space station’s Harmony module. via NASA https://ift.tt/3aEDXsz
Tag Archives: NASA
Capturing an Avalanche on Mars
Hi-RISE, the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall cliff. via NASA https://ift.tt/2E3HMLY
Astronaut Chris Cassidy Does Housekeeping in Space
This past weekend, NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy was no exception as he collected trash for disposal during weekend housekeeping activities. via NASA https://ift.tt/3fYmWL8
NASA Begins Installing Orion Adapter for First Artemis Moon Flight
Through the Artemis program, NASA is working to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. via NASA https://ift.tt/3kGbQ0T
Candy-Colored Phobos
As of March 2020, our Mars Odyssey has captured these six views of the Martian moon Phobos. via NASA https://ift.tt/31K9xRR
This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink
If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FhBlpb
One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu. via NASA https://ift.tt/31DSWyN
Hubble Sees Near and Far
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. Appearing in this Hubble image to shine brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/2XD6NVb
A Starry Sky Above the Earth’s Atmospheric Glow
This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth’s atmospheric glow. via NASA https://ift.tt/31nkQ20
Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. via NASA https://ift.tt/3idsPFU