The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1UcnKfq This photograph of NASA astronaut Serena Aunon (@AstroSerena) moving tools and equipment underwater was taken during the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 20 mission. NEEMO 20 is focusing on evaluating tools and techniques being tested for future spacewalks on a variety of surfaces and gravity levels.http://ift.tt/1I7kFb3
Month: July 2015
Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1I4vB9j Seasonal frost commonly forms at middle and high latitudes on Mars, much like winter snow on Earth. However, on Mars most frost is carbon dioxide (dry ice) rather than water ice. This frost appears to cause surface activity, including flows in gullies.http://ift.tt/1LZCz3H
Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1fGSoyc Africa is front and center in this image of Earth taken by a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite.http://ift.tt/1Ky6MX2
Round of Testing Completed on Webb Telescope Flight Mirrors
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1HYCwkk This July 11, 2015 photograph captures one of the final, if not the final, James Webb Space Telescope flight primary mirror segments to be processed through NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility (CIAF).http://ift.tt/1JODnSV
Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1LNYMBI This photograph, taken on May 4, 2015 by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, highlights one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth: the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. The three largest volcanoes visible at image center include Kliuchevskoy, Bezymianny, and Ushkovsky.http://ift.tt/1VJ4BUb
Pluto Dazzles in False Color
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1HXFeV4 Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced color global view of Pluto.http://ift.tt/1VF7vsW
July 23, 1999, Chandra X-ray Observatory Awaits Deployment
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1CSuHOl This 70mm frame shows the 50,162-pound Chandra X-ray Observatory before it was tilted upward for its release from the Space Shuttle Columbia’s payload bay on July 23, 1999, just a few hours following the shuttle’s arrival in Earth orbit. Chandra was spring-ejected from a cradle in the payload bay at 6:47 a.m. Central time.http://ift.tt/1IgnfbE
Soyuz Rocket Boosts Expedition 44 Crew to the International Space Station
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1MISBMc The Soyuz TMA-17M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. on July 23 Baikonur time).http://ift.tt/1CVFJ5f
Expedition 44 Launches to the International Space Station
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1MISBMc The Soyuz TMA-17M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. on July 23 Baikonur time).http://ift.tt/1RRKjZ8
Smoke Over the Greenland Sea
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1IiYj7S The 2015 wildfire season in the Arctic has been very intense – and very smoky. As of July 15, over 3,190,000 acres had burned across Canada, according to Natural Resources Canada. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), more than 600 fires had burned millions of acres in Alaska as of July 7.http://ift.tt/1Oxot7X
Maria Haymandou 