Showing posts with label NASA PICTURES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA PICTURES. Show all posts
Monday, April 30, 2012

NASA TESTS NEW SPACE TELESCOPE

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FROM:  NASA Several critical items related to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope currently are being tested in the th...
Friday, April 20, 2012

ORION SPACECRAFT TESTED BY PUSHING OUT THE DOOR

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FROM:  NASA A test model of the Orion spacecraft with its parachutes was tested the skies high above the U.S. Army’s Proving Grounds in ...
Monday, April 16, 2012

WHEN GALAXIES COLLIDE, WHAT MATTERS

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FROM:  NASA Using a combination of powerful observatories in space and on the ground, astronomers have observed a violent collision betwe...

THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLES WILL BE ON THIS AIRCRAFT

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FROM:  NASA The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft glides down the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florid...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

CURRENTS ALONG THE KANCHATKA PENINSULA AS SEEN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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FROM:  NASA  The vantage point from orbit on the International Space Station (ISS) frequently affords astronauts with the opportunity ...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER OPPORTUNITY TAKES SELF-PORTRAIT

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This self portrait from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows dust accumulation on the rover's solar panels as the mis...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

NASA RELEASES NEW VIEW OF THE ORION NEBULA

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The photo and excerpt below are from the NASA website: This new view of the Orion Nebula highlights fledgling stars hidden in the gas and...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

HUBBLE PANCHROMATIC VISION OF GALAXY CENTAURUS A

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“Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble's panc...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

LARGE GROUPING OF NEW STARS

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"This massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbul...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

JUPITER TO EARTH

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" This image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede was acquired by amateur astronomer Damian Peach on Sept. 12, 2010, when Jupiter...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

ATLANTIC COAST AS A SPACE TOURIST MIGHT SEE IT ONE DAY

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“An Expedition 30 crew member aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of much of the Atlantic coast of th...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

COMPOSITE PICTURE SHOWS DARK MATTER DISTRIBUTION ACROSS GALAXIES

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The following excerpt and picture are from the NASA: "This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and ho...
Friday, March 2, 2012

PIONEER 10 THE SOLAR EXPLORER CELEBRATES IT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY

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The picture (Right) and excerpt below are from the NASA-Ames Research Center website:  “Ames Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Pioneer ...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

RUSSIAN ENGINEERS WORK ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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T he above picture and excerpt below are from the NASA website:  "This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shka...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

SATURN'S TWO MOONS: TITAN AND RHEA POSE IN SPACE FOR CASSINI SPACECRAFT

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“Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in this Cassini spacecraft view of these ...