6/16/09

Back to the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/16/09)


Back to the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/16/09)
Originally uploaded by nasa1fan

This is a really nice graphic that was developed for the LCROSS/LRO missions.

Image credit: NASA

Follow the "New Moon Missions" blog from NASA:
blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/moon_missions/




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6/10/09

Mars & Phobos [1680x1050]


Mars & Phobos [1680x1050]
Originally uploaded by TopTechWriter.US

Source: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/pia04304

Image of Mars compiled from images captured by the Viking Orbiter 1. The center of the scene shows the entire Valles Marineris canyon system, over 1,860 miles (3,000 km) long and up to 5 miles (8 km) deep, extending from Noctis Labyrinthus, the arcuate system of graben to the west, to the chaotic terrain to the east. Credit: NASA/USGS

Source: www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEM21TVJD1E_1.html

The image of Phobos was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, is one of the highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon Phobos.
The image shows the Mars-facing side of the moon, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about seven metres per pixel during orbit 756, on 22 August 2004. Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

Uploaded by TopTechWriter.US on 12 Apr 08, 5.16AM EEST.

Captain Kirk and Spock


Captain Kirk and Spock
Originally uploaded by Kokeshi Clan

6/1/09

Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)


Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)
Originally uploaded by nasa1fan

Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)

Hi everyone -- this is a topic I don't normally cover on my postings: the space shuttle. But the Marshall Center is helping out with the Shuttle Ferry Flight blog, and I thought we'd share these great images from it. You can read the blog and ride along with Atlantis here:

blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/shuttleferry

Caption: Space shuttle Atlantis’ ferry flight is under way! The modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying Atlantis took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:06 a.m. EDT. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is heading to Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas, and is expected to arrive about 1:10 p.m. EDT. The shuttle and the ferry flight team will stay at Biggs overnight and then continue on tomorrow morning to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Image credit: NASA