Working on Artemis II

A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023, image. via NASA https://ift.tt/HTaG9kL

Celebrating Women in STEM

Deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Christyl Johnson, speaks during a panel discussion as part of a Women’s History Month program, “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Wednesday, March 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/hBH7K2r

Space Station Star Trail

Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/HBg6L4l

Louisiana’s Rice Fields

This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana. via NASA https://ift.tt/h1rqOc4

Galactic Giants Titan and Saturn

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, looks quite small in comparison to the giant planet behind it in this natural color view from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/y689FUA

Venus’ Volcano

Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface. via NASA https://ift.tt/Pf6imQe

Sunrise Over the Pacific

An orbital sunrise reveals cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above on Feb. 10, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/UK2hdPc

Diana Trujillo Sparks Students’ Curiosity

Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, speaks to them on March 13, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/PBiA5zE

Crew-5’s Nighttime Splashdown

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/xkoRJed

Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/3TWjz52

A Sliver of the Sun

The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington on Aug. 21, 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/oqBuWUv

Eileen Collins, Discovery Pilot

Former astronaut Eileen Collins sits at the pilot’s station aboard space shuttle Discovery during a hotfiring procedure on Feb. 2, 1995. via NASA https://ift.tt/moNqWvp

Dumbbell Nebula Pumps Out Light Show

Infrared light surges out from the Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27, in this Aug. 10, 2011, image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/quifgBO

NASA’s ER-2 Flying High

A NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft soars upward at the L.A. county airshow in this image from Mar. 25, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/mtiY8xf

Pre-Dawn Launch for Crew-6

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries the company’s Dragon spacecraft with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission members aboard in this five-minute long exposure taken on Thursday, March 2, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/US6gxJH

Venus, Jupiter, Moon Shine from Space Station

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of the Earth’s crescent, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (from top to bottom) on Aug. 6, 2015, while he was aboard the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/0WXmKk6

Crew-6 Preparations Continue

The sun rises on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/csRdmfw

John Glenn Goes Into Orbit

Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) on Feb. 20, 1962. via NASA https://ift.tt/lVOMbaP

A Blue Farewell

A blue halo glows around Pluto’s receding crescent in this parting image taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015. via NASA https://ift.tt/iWVFbmQ

NASA Celebrates National Engineers Week: Perspectives from Jamesa Stokes

As NASA celebrates National Engineers Week, NASA Glenn gets perspectives from materials research engineer Jamesa Stokes. via NASA https://ift.tt/3krpRM4