| Mariner-C Spacecraft Model |
| Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:00 GMT |
| A model of the Mariner-C spacecraft at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center for a June 1964 Conference on New Technology. Mariner-C and Mariner-D were identical spacecraft designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to flyby Mars and photograph the Martian surface. Mariner-C was launched on November 4, 1964, but the payload shroud did not jettison properly and the spacecraft’s battery power did not function. The mission ended unsuccessfully two days later. Mariner-D was launched as designed on November 28, 1964 and became the first successful mission to Mars. It was the first time a planet was photographed from space. Mariner-D’s 21 photographs revealed an inhospitable and barren landscape. The two Mariner spacecraft were launched by Atlas-Agena-D rockets. Lewis had taken over management of the Agena Program in October 1962. There had been five failures and two partial failures in the 17 Agena launches before being taken over by NASA Lewis. Lewis, however, oversaw 28 successful Agena missions between 1962 and 1968, including several Rangers and the Mariner Venus '67. |
| Festive Northern Lights |
| Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:39 GMT |
| The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted from the space station near the highest point of its orbital path. The station’s main solar arrays are seen in the left foreground. |
| A Black Hole Gobbles Up a Star |
| Fri, 24 Nov 2023 19:58 GMT |
| A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration from Dec. 20, 2022. A long stream of hot gas on the right, coming from a star that was pulled apart by the black hole, feeds into the disk. |
| A Space Station Thanksgiving |
| Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:21 GMT |
| NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins (left) and Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers, pose for a photo with a Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. |
| Astronaut Nicole Mann Prepares for Spacewalk |
| Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:23 GMT |
| NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her spacesuit ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system. |
| Seeing Sagittarius C in a New Light |
| Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:03 GMT |
| The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. A large region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, contains intriguing needle-like structures that lack any uniform orientation. |
| Celebrating Astronaut Alan Shepard's 100th Birthday |
| Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:54 GMT |
| Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., attired in his Mercury pressure suit, poses for a photo on May 5, 1961, prior to his launch in a Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission – the first U.S. manned spaceflight. |
| On This Day: Artemis I Liftoff |
| Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:23 GMT |
| NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. |
| A View Through Skylab |
| Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:01 GMT |
| A 35mm camera, operated by astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, recorded this wide scene of his Skylab 4 crewmates on the other end of the orbital workshop. Astronauts Jerry P. Carr (right), commander, and Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, pose for the snapshot. Also in the frame are parts of three Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, used on several EVA sessions during the third manning of the Skylab space station. |
| NASA's C-130 Delivers GUSTO Payload to Antarctica |
| Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:42 GMT |
| NASA's Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023. |
| Dragon Lights Up the Night |
| Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:53 GMT |
| In this photo from Nov. 9, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminates the water as it launches at night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 29th commercial resupply mission of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft brought new scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station, including NASA’s Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) and Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). |
| NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Alaskan Aurora |
| Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:40 GMT |
| A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying the DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. |
| Tribal Students Make Robots with NASA Aerospace Engineer Casey Denham |
| Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:56 GMT |
| Casey Denham, aerospace engineer with the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, works with tribal students during a STEM activity at the American Indian Engineering Sciences (AISES) National Conference in Spokane, Washington, Oct. 19-21, 2023. |
| Euclid Spots a Spiral Galaxy |
| Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:11 GMT |
| The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it. |
| NASA’s Worm Logo |
| Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:53 GMT |
| The NASA Worm Logo sign is unveiled before the ribbon cutting ceremony to open NASA’s Earth Information Center, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at NASA Headquarters building in Washington. |
| Jupiter in Ultraviolet |
| Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:55 GMT |
| NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. |
| Details from Webb’s Cameras Reveal Crabby Composition |
| Thu, 02 Nov 2023 16:15 GMT |
| 6,500 light-years away lies the Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star. While this target has been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s infrared sensitivity and resolution offer new clues into the makeup and origins of this scene. |
| Nighttime on the East Coast |
| Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:12 GMT |
| This nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. The orbital lab was soaring 262 miles above the Pine Tree State of Maine at the time of this photograph. |
| Just in Time for Halloween, NASA’s Juno Mission Spots Eerie “Face” on Jupiter |
| Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:15 GMT |
| On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions called Jet N7. The image shows turbulent clouds and storms along Jupiter’s terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the planet. The low angle of sunlight highlights the complex topography of features in this region, which scientists have studied to better understand the processes playing out in Jupiter’s atmosphere. |
| Rusty Red Waters in Madagascar |
| Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:42 GMT |
| This image, taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, shows the reddish-brown waters of the Betsiboka River Delta in Madagascar. The color is caused by the transport of iron-rich sediment. |
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