SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Dragon to the International Space Station

At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Dragon is carrying more than 5,900 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/2tRKScO

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Crew Dragon Hardware Put to the Test

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Ohio, to undergo testing in the In-Space Propulsion Facility. The chamber will allow SpaceX and NASA to verify Crew Dragon’s ability to withstand the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space. via NASA https://ift.tt/2IrfkQF

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Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter

This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. via NASA https://ift.tt/2yASshS

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Launching to Observe Our Sun

On June 21, 1975, NASA successfully launched the eighth Orbiting Solar Observatory aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This satellite was the final in a series of spacecraft specifically designed to look at the Sun in high-energy wavelength bands. via NASA https://ift.tt/2tseeyr

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Once in a Blue Dune

Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a field of classic barchan dunes on Jan. 24, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2M9bzkO

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Rover Under the Milky Way – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The Moon begins to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert. via NASA https://ift.tt/2tmlFat

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Another Day at the Office

“Space was our office yesterday. #EVA51,” said International Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold on Friday. via NASA https://ift.tt/2M0SZv7

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Bang and Whoosh!

This HiRISE image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JOOk2f

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A Deep Space Communications Hub in the Desert

When NASA engineers were looking for a place to build a network of large radio antennas in the 1950s, they knew they needed somewhere quiet. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JCG1qW

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Evaluating the Noise of Future Aircraft

To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by an aircraft’s engine exhaust. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sQ9PG6

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Clouds Over Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains

Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Mcj5MR

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Hubble Images a Galaxy with Threads of Blue

A ripple of bright blue gas threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JnOH4k

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Soyuz Lifts Off to Bring New Crew to Space Station

The Soyuz MS-09 rocket is launched with Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA on June 6, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2szfjFa

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Soyuz Rolled to the Pad for Wednesday Launch to Space Station

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lis79M

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Expedition 55 Crew Returns Home from the International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. via NASA https://ift.tt/2sCdHts

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Jovian Jet Stream

See a jet stream speeding through Jupiter’s atmosphere in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lb4CPM

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