Tag: NASA

December 28, 2015 at 10:38 am

Picture of the Day: Earthrise 2015

Picture of the Day: Earthrise 2015

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon

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December 16, 2015 at 11:56 am

Picture of the Day: Cassini Captures Saturn Moons in Perfect Alignment with Rings

Picture of the Day: Cassini Captures Saturn Moons in Perfect Alignment with Rings

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this incredible view of Saturn moons, Enceladus and Tethys, in perfect alignment with the planet’s rings

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November 20, 2015 at 11:54 am

Picture of the Day: Fingerprints of Water on the Sand

Picture of the Day: Fingerprints of Water on the Sand

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photo of Oman from the International Space Station on 11 November 2015.

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October 15, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Blue Skies on Pluto

Picture of the Day: Blue Skies on Pluto

Incredible when you think how far from Earth this picture was taken from.

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September 28, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Picture of the Day: Water on Mars

Picture of the Day: Water on Mars

An imaging spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes of the Red Planet.

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September 26, 2015 at 11:13 am

Picture of the Day: Moonlight Over Italy

Picture of the Day: Moonlight Over Italy

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space and his daily stream of photos continue to inspire. This one is from day 180 and shows Italy at night, illuminated by the moon.

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September 7, 2015 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Ferrofluid Up Close

Picture of the Day: Ferrofluid Up Close

A ferrofluid (portmanteau of ferromagnetic and fluid) is a liquid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. It was invented in 1963 by NASA’s Steve Papell

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August 18, 2015 at 10:15 am

Astronauts on ISS Eat Veggies They Grew in Space

Astronauts on ISS Eat Veggies They Grew in Space

It’s the first food ever grown, harvested and eaten in space by NASA crew members.

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August 6, 2015 at 9:48 am

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

The same side of the moon always faces Earth but this view was captured by a NASA satellite one million miles away.

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August 4, 2015 at 9:39 am

When Buzz Aldrin Returned from the Moon He Had to Fill Out a Customs Form

When Buzz Aldrin Returned from the Moon He Had to Fill Out a Customs Form

He also had to fill out a travel voucher form for the historic mission.

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