Hi everyone -- I came across this image as part of something else I was working on today, and I thought it was too good not to share. An image of the backlit International Space Station, taken in March of 2009. Enjoy!
This is a really nice graphic that was developed for the LCROSS/LRO missions.
Image credit: NASA
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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.
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
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www.nasa.gov/ares
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Artist concept of the Ares I-X rocket.
Read more about the Ares I-X launch:
www.nasa.gov/ares
p.s. You can see all of the Ares photos in the Ares Group in Flickr at: www.flickr.com/groups/ares/ We'd love to have you as a member!
Atlantis Comes Home [1680x1050]
Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 crew returned home safely today, completing their 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission launched on June 8, 2007, and ended today at 3:49 p.m EDT, when Atlantis touched down at Edwards Air Force Base.
Source: NASA
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_853.html
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (NASA, 4/29/09)
The space shuttle twin solid rocket boosters separate from the orbiter and external tank at an altitude of approximately 24 miles. They descend on parachutes and land in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, where they are recovered by ships, returned to land, and refurbished for reuse. These images show a typical descent phase and parachute deployment events of the boosters after separation from the tank and orbiter during a shuttle launch.
Image credit: NASA
