Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Titan and Dione
via nasa.gov
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is shown along with Saturn's third-largest moon, Dione, in this photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings appear in the background. The side of Titan is the anti-Saturn side which is the side NOT seen from Saturn.
Titan is 3200 miles across and Dione is just under 700 miles across.
The photo was taken May 21, 2011 at a distance of about 1.4 million miles from Titan and 2 million miles from Dione.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Five of Saturn's moons
Five of Saturn's moons. Photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft in July 2011. From left to right are Janus, Pandora (in the rings), Enceladus, Mimas, and Rhea.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
New Moon Landing Sites Photos Are So Sharp They Show Detailed Rover Tire Marks
via gizmodo.com
Very cool photographs of the Apollo 17 lunar landing site.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Booster Camera Video of Atlantis Launch
via youtube.com
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
A different perspective
via nasa.gov
I just love these photos of the space shuttle taken from the International Space Station. This is a recent NASA photo of Atlantis.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Very cool picture of Endeavour!
Very cool picture of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it docked with the International Space Station on May 18, 2011. Click on the image for a larger view.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Endeavour launches successfully
The good news is that Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully launched this morning on its final mission. The bad news is that I forgot to set the DVR for Kevin to watch when he comes back from school. I turned on the DVR literally as Endeavour was lifting off from the launch pad.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Hole on the Moon
Photo taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of a very large crater (Mare Orientale) on the Moon. The crater is approximately 600 miles across! It is located just over the edge of the Moon so it cannot be seen from Earth.
Friday, April 1, 2011
When the Earth takes a bite out of the Sun
Here's a solar eclipse, except it's the Earth blocking part of the Sun, instead of the Moon blocking the Sun. Photo was taken March 29 from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in orbit around Earth.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Florida tornado warnings in effect
Dramatic photo taken at the Kennedy Space Center earlier today. Severe tornado warnings are currently in effect throughout Florida.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
MESSENGER’s first picture from Mercury orbit!
The first pictures of Mercury taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft are now coming in! You'll recall that MESSENGER recently went into orbit around Mercury.
More information about MESSENGER and its mission can be seen on the website.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Valley at the north pole of Mars
Photo from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the valley Chasma Boreale ("northern chasm") near the north pole of Mars. This photo is stitched together from a combination of photos taken by the spacecraft between 2002 and 2005.
Click on the photo to see it enlarged. I've downloaded it for desktop wallpaper.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Dark side of the Moon
Amazing mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter orbiting the Moon from a height of 30 miles. This image is stitched together from 15,000 images and shows the dark side of the Moon -- the side we never see.
For more information and additional images, click here.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Skywatchers are in for a treat tonight!
Skywatchers, especially those in the Chicago area, are in for a treat tonight if the weather is clear. Early Monday, the space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station to prepare for its return to Earth. On Monday and Tuesday (and depending on where you live) you can see the two spaceships as they fly in tandem with each other. Tonight (Tuesday) will be the last night to see those two as Discovery is scheduled to land in Florida on Wednesday.
In the Chicago area, the best time to see the two spaceships will be at 6:20 p.m. local time. They will be in the north sky flying west to east. Discovery will be the fainter of the two (at a magnitude -1.1) and the space station will be brighter (at -3.4). The reason the ISS is brighter is because it is much bigger.
They will reappear at 7:56 p.m., but will be in the lower southwest sky and will appear fainter.
It is suppose to rain this evening in the Chicago area, but I hope it hold off until later in the night.
This will be the last time to see Discovery as it is retiring after this flight. There are only two more shuttle flights scheduled -- Endeavour and Atlantis will each make their final flights this year.
You can check to see the location of the space shuttle or the ISS or any other satellite by going to Heavens Above and input your location.
Enjoy this NASA video taken Monday morning of Discovery performing the fly-around maneuver of the ISS.
In the Chicago area, the best time to see the two spaceships will be at 6:20 p.m. local time. They will be in the north sky flying west to east. Discovery will be the fainter of the two (at a magnitude -1.1) and the space station will be brighter (at -3.4). The reason the ISS is brighter is because it is much bigger.
They will reappear at 7:56 p.m., but will be in the lower southwest sky and will appear fainter.
It is suppose to rain this evening in the Chicago area, but I hope it hold off until later in the night.
This will be the last time to see Discovery as it is retiring after this flight. There are only two more shuttle flights scheduled -- Endeavour and Atlantis will each make their final flights this year.
You can check to see the location of the space shuttle or the ISS or any other satellite by going to Heavens Above and input your location.
Enjoy this NASA video taken Monday morning of Discovery performing the fly-around maneuver of the ISS.
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