Making a Picture-Perfect Landing

An adult osprey, carrying a fish in its talons, prepares to land in its nest atop a speaker platform in the parking lot at Kennedy Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/KI0tymj

OMG: The Beauty of Ice

Most of Greenland’s glaciers that empty into the ocean are at greater risk of rapid ice loss than previously understood. via NASA https://ift.tt/ILmdpWD

The Perfect Landing

An adult osprey, carrying a fish in its talons, prepares to land in its nest atop a platform in the press site parking lot at Kennedy Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/KI0tymj

Turquoise Plumes in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Brightly glowing plumes of the Large Magellanic Cloud appear almost like an ocean current. via NASA https://ift.tt/osDhWeN

CAPSTONE Launches for Lunar Orbit

The CAPSTONE mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09:55 UTC) on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from New Zealand. via NASA https://ift.tt/9gfk7c0

CAPSTONE Slated for Launch Into Lunar Orbit

CAPSTONE, the pathfinder for NASA’s lunar outpost, will test an orbit around the Moon that has never been flown before. via NASA https://ift.tt/xabVvWA

Mirrors Aligned: Webb Telescope’s First Full-Color Images Due in July

We’re counting down to the release of the Webb Telescope’s first full-color images! via NASA https://ift.tt/6iyMWRl

A Sea of Stars Like Sequins

Near the center of the Milky Way lies this star-studded globular cluster, called Terzan 9 in the constellation Sagittarius. via NASA https://ift.tt/TYIFkZO

Viewing the Color of Space

Attendees try on Oculus headsets and experience the space station using virtual reality prior to the screening of “The Color of Space”. via NASA https://ift.tt/WPiDOHl

Galveston and the Beginning of Juneteenth

General Order No. 3 by Union troops on June 19, 1865, marked the official end of slavery in Texas and the U.S. via NASA https://ift.tt/slDzQI0

The Progress Pride Flag Flies at NASA Headquarters

The Progress Pride flag is seen flying at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building. via NASA https://ift.tt/6jLckN5

The Sparkle of Distant Galaxies

The brilliant cascade of stars through the middle of this image is the galaxy ESO 318-13. via NASA https://ift.tt/Dh42iCJ

It’s Flag Day

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year and commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZQkrIbl

JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide Speaks With Students

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks with students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School via NASA https://ift.tt/QJwAt5f

Hubble Investigates an Enigmatic Star Cluster

Unlike most globular clusters, Ruprecht 106 may be what astronomers call a single population globular cluster. via NASA https://ift.tt/C2H1uk8

When Galaxy Clusters Collide

Galaxy clusters contain hundreds of galaxies and huge amounts of hot gas and dark matter. via NASA https://ift.tt/yZAxpeb

Pacific Ocean From the Space Station

The International Space Station orbits into a dawn 261 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean in this image from April 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/xH9A8UT

Dickinson Crater on Venus

This November 1996 image from Magellan shows Dickinson, an impact crater in the northeastern Atalanta Region of Venus. via NASA https://ift.tt/GBvKVmM

Artemis I Moon Rocket Heads Back to Launch Pad for Testing

The rocket is scheduled to launch later in 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/aDTwjJL

Apollo 1 Monument Dedication

The Apollo 1 monument at Arlington National Cemetery was dedicated on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Arlington, Va. via NASA https://ift.tt/UwgvBu2