The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, also formally known as the Latching End Effector, is pictured as the International Space Station soared over the South Pacific Ocean . via NASA https://ift.tt/34tF2AS
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Overcoming Hurricanes and Earthquakes to Get an Experiment to the Space Station
Camila Morales-Navas conducts final preparations on the Electrochemical Ammonia Removal system prior to parabolic flight testing. via NASA https://ift.tt/3nvtciz
Antares Rocket Launches to the Space Station
An Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches at 9:16 p.m. EDT, Friday, October 2, 2020, from t NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. via NASA https://ift.tt/3cXeKec
Hubble Captures Galactic Glamour Shot
This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (the Wolf). NGC 5643 is about 60 million light-years away from Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ioheU1
Satellite Captures Active Fires in the Western U.S.
Our Aqua satellite captured this composite visible and infrared image on Sep. 29, 2020, which shows that fires and smoke continue to dominate the landscape of the western U.S. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ESB4sQ
Retroreflectors: From Apollo to Mars
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, the crew brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ifdBj5
Astronaut Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor Examines Her Eyes in Space
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Fundoscope aboard the International Space Station with remote support from doctors on the ground. via NASA https://ift.tt/3kXWT9C
Soyuz MS-16 Spacecraft Docked to the Space Station
Pictured is the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship, currently docked to the International Space Station’s Poisk module. via NASA https://ift.tt/34a42Ni
Hubble Shoots the Moon
This image from 1991 shows Earth’s Moon, with its dark basaltic mare, clearly visible in great detail. via NASA https://ift.tt/33UAinC
NASA Has Eyes on the Universe
Humanity has “eyes” that can detect all different types of light through telescopes around the globe and a fleet of observatories in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/2RTThcv