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Large Magellanic Fireworks

INK NEWS — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 09:53:50 +0545

Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

Reflection

INK NEWS — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 12:24:08 +0545

Creating an artistic reflection, a Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Research Physical Scientist Tra&My Justine Richardson

INK NEWS — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 12:24:08 +0545

"It takes a lot of courage to confront your fears and failures. Each and every time is really difficult, but you will feel really empowered. It’s a very significant step in your life if you can do that.”

Ringing in the Holidays

INK NEWS — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 15:57:08 +0545

Seen here by Webb, ice giant Uranus is a dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, extreme seasons, and more. Webb’s sensitivity has even captured the close-in Zeta ring, faint, diffuse, and elusive. These new images reveal detailed features of Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, as well as bright storms near and below the southern border of the cap. If humans want to send a spacecraft to visit Uranus up close, it’s necessary to understand how to navigate debris from its rings.

On Cupid! On, Donner and BARREL!

INK NEWS — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:12:23 +0545

Four reindeer walk past the BARREL payload on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The BARREL team was at Esrange Space Center launching a series of six scientific payloads on miniature scientific balloons. The NASA-funded BARREL – which stands for Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses – primarily measured X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere near the North and South Poles.

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Meet with President, VP at White House

INK NEWS — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:12:23 +0545

Artemis II crew members: CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, right, pose for a group photograph after their meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. During their mission, the Artemis II crew will travel aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 10-day mission around the Moon, testing spacecraft systems for the first time with astronauts for long-term exploration and scientific discovery.

NGC 2264: Telescopes Illuminate 'Christmas Tree Cluster'

INK NEWS — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:19:40 +0545

This composite image shows the Christmas Tree Cluster. The blue and white lights (which blink in the animated version of this image) are young stars that give off X-rays detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Optical data from the National Science Foundation’s WIYN 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak shows gas in the nebula in green, corresponding to the “pine needles” of the tree, and infrared data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey shows foreground and background stars in white. This image has been rotated clockwise by about 160 degrees from the astronomer’s standard of North pointing upward, so that it appears like the top of the tree is toward the top of the image.

Ice Flows on Mars

INK NEWS — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:19:40 +0545

The surface of Mars is littered with examples of glacier-like landforms. While surface ice deposits are mostly limited to the polar caps, patterns of slow, viscous flow abound in many non-polar regions of Mars. Streamlines that appear as linear ridges in the surface soils and rocky debris are often exposed on top of infilling deposits that coat crater and valley floors. We see such patterns on the surfaces of Earth's icy glaciers and debris-covered "rock glaciers." As ice flows downhill, rock and soil are plucked from the surrounding landscape and ferried along the flowing ice surface and within the icy subsurface. While this process is gradual, taking perhaps thousands of years or longer, it creates a network of linear patterns that reveal the history of ice flow.

Research Scientist Alfonso Davila

INK NEWS — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:25:34 +0545

“I think the experience of putting yourself in an uncomfortable environment and coming at the other end with lessons learned is always positive. Trying to expand the windows of where you feel comfortable gives you a chance to know yourself better." — Alfonso Davila, Research Scientist, Exobiology Branch, NASA's Ames Research Center

A Bear on Mars?

INK NEWS — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:25:34 +0545

This feature looks a bit like a bear's face. What is it really? There's a hill with a V-shaped collapse structure (the nose), two craters (the eyes), and a circular fracture pattern (the head). The circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater. Maybe the nose is a volcanic or mud vent and the deposit could be lava or mud flows? Maybe just grin and bear it.

Rising to the Challenge: NASA TechRise Student Teams Take Flight

INK NEWS — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:39:17 +0545

Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge.

Sunning at Kennedy

INK NEWS — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:39:17 +0545

A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023.

Whistling Through the Wildflowers

INK NEWS — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:43:25 +0545

Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023.

SpaceX Dragon Crew Ship Approaches the International Space Station

INK NEWS — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:43:25 +0545

The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, named Freedom, is seen as it approaches the International Space Station with four Axiom Mission 2 private astronauts aboard on Monday, May 22, 2023.

Hearing and Seeing the Music of the Spheres

INK NEWS — Tue, 16 May 2023 17:37:30 +0545

Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premiere performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” in this photo from Thursday, May 11, 2023, as an enhanced color image of Jupiter is displayed above.

50th Anniversary of the Skylab 1 Launch

INK NEWS — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:35:59 +0545

Clouds of smoke billow out over the surrounding area as the uncrewed Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 1973.

Stabilizing Shorelines with Mangroves

INK NEWS — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:35:59 +0545

A team member from the Environmental Management Branch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center works to remove a mangrove seedling deposited by tropical winds on the shoreline of KARS Park at Kennedy in this image from April 12, 2023.

Plumes from Popocatépetl Volcano

INK NEWS — Tue, 09 May 2023 19:32:14 +0545

Popocatépetl, one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting since 2005.

Eyes on Ice

INK NEWS — Sat, 06 May 2023 13:23:45 +0545

Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor model tested in the Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

Exploring the Cosmos Together

INK NEWS — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:12:03 +0545

Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States (left), Foreign Affairs Minister for the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský (second from left), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (second from right), and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn (right),

Hubble Captures Extraordinarily Bright Interacting Galaxies

INK NEWS — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:20:51 +0545

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255.

Neutron Stars Collide

INK NEWS — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:20:51 +0545

Two neutron stars begin to merge in this illustration, blasting a jet of high-speed particles and producing a cloud of debris.

Patagonian Plankton Swirls

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

Phytoplankton create rich blooms of color in the Atlantic Ocean near South America in this enhanced color image from Dec. 2, 2014.

NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Sets Record

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks.

Crew&4’s Museum Field Trip

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Bob Hines, right, take in the view from the interactive recreation of the International Space Station’s cupola in the One World Connected gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on March 28, 2023.

Earth’s Radiant Atmosphere

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this Feb. 17, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.

Working on Artemis II

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

A technician works on part of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 11, 2023, image.

Celebrating Women in STEM

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

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.

Space Station Star Trail

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

Stars leave streaks of light in concentric circles in this Mar 16, 2012, view from the International Space Station.

Photo Archivist and Photographer Aubrey Gemignani

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

“I think I’m always seeking out projects that help people feel seen. And maybe that’s why I got so into photography initially. I struggle with that myself — feeling seen. And so to help other people feel seen is definitely an interest of mine that I keep coming back to." — Aubrey Gemignani, Photo Archivist/Photographer, Mori Associates

Louisiana’s Rice Fields

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

This Feb 3, 2023, enhanced-color image from Landsat 9 highlights a green and blue patchwork pattern in flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana.

Galactic Giants Titan and Saturn

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

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.

Venus' Volcano

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

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.

Sunrise Over the Pacific

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

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.

Diana Trujillo Sparks Students' Curiosity

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

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.

Crew&5’s Nighttime Splashdown

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands with Crew-5 mission members aboard on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

Hubble Spots a Star&Forming Spiral

INK NEWS — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:23:32 +0545

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Bringing More Power to Space Station

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:00:35 +0545

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, during his second spacewalk on Feb. 2, 2023.

A Visit to NISAR

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Officials from NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the Indian Embassy visit a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 3, 2023, to view the scientific instrument payload for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission.

Spiral Galaxy Spans Space

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

This Jan. 10, 2013, composite image of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and infrared data acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronauts' View of the Moon

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

The waxing gibbous Moon stands out in this Jan. 2, 2023, image from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the southern Indian Ocean.

Flora, Fauna at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Volcanic Plumes in Chile

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023. The gases come from a series of minor explosions—called Strombolian eruptions—that have been ongoing at Villarrica since October 2022.

Hubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Day of Remembrance

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial.

President Reagan Calls for Space Station

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station.

Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

"My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help." — Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Astronaut Nicole Mann Makes Her First Spacewalk

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.

Webb Unveils Dark Side

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud.

Suiting Up for Their First Spacewalk

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are pictured on Jan. 12, 2023, during a fit check of their spacesuits inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system.

Snowy Celestial Mountains

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Snow and ice cover mountains of the Tien Shan range in this photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 9, 2022.

A Well&traveled Beagle

INK NEWS — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:03:30 +0545

Snoopy, the zero gravity indicator that flew aboard Orion during the Artemis I mission, wears a smile after being unpacked from his transport case on Jan. 5, 2023.

Atlanta Shines at Night