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<3 awesome

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this is amazing NASAA Splendor Seldom SeenNASA’s Cassini...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:19:37 -0500

this is amazing

NASA

A Splendor Seldom Seen

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. (The sun is behind the planet, which is shielding the cameras from direct sunlight.) In addition to the visual splendor, this special, very-high-phase viewing geometry lets scientists study ring and atmosphere phenomena not easily seen at a lower phase. Since images like this can only be taken while the sun is behind the planet, this beautiful view is all the more precious for its rarity. The last time Cassini captured a view like this was in Sept. 2006, when it captured a mosaic processed to look like natural color, entitled “In Saturn’s Shadow.” In that mosaic, planet Earth put in a special appearance, making “In Saturn’s Shadow” one of the most popular Cassini images to date. Earth does not appear in this mosaic as it is hidden behind the planet. Also captured in this image are two of Saturn’s moons: Enceladus and Tethys. Both appear on the left side of the planet, below the rings. Enceladus is closer to the rings; Tethys is below and to the left. This view looks toward the non-illuminated side of the rings from about 19 degrees below the ring plane. Images taken using infrared, red and violet spectral filters were combined to create this enhanced-color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Oct. 17, 2012 at a distance of approximately 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale at Saturn is about 30 miles per pixel (50 kilometers per pixel). The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Mission: Cassini

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Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:17:04 -0400

so wonderful

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:44:46 -0400

so wonderful

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highfunctioning-homosapien: amedyr: theresafoxinmyteacup: seas...

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:28:00 -0400

highfunctioning-homosapien:

amedyr:

theresafoxinmyteacup:

seashelllz:

mcgarrsworld:

Earth, Jupiter and Venus from the skyline of Mars!

incredible.

my heart feels like it’s going to explode. oh my god, this is absolutely incredible.

I don’t understand how people can look at these photos and be like “meh, whatever”.

It will always be insanely cool. I mean that is our planet. From ANOTHER FUCKING PLANET.

that is wonderful <3

fuckyeahsexanddrugs: videohall: NASA just won...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:25:28 -0400

fuckyeahsexanddrugs:

videohall:

NASA just won time-lapse

“It’s the kind of thing that make you think about
everything.”

“For some reason this made me incredibly sad. There
is simply s much out there, and it is so beautiful,
but I’ll never be able to see it first-hand. Sigh..”

“That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in
weeks. Maybe ever.”

“Am I the only one who felt the tears welling up
behind my eyes? Truly beautiful piece.”

so wonnderful i want to be up there it has always been a dream of mine.

crookedindifference: NASA Announces Next Steps in Effort to...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:45:23 -0400

crookedindifference:

NASA Announces Next Steps in Effort to Launch Americans from U.S. Soil

NASA and its Commercial Crew Program announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years.

Advances made by these companies under newly signed Space Act Agreements through the agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative are intended to ultimately lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers.

SpaceX’s crewed Dragon will get more lift capability from the next-generation of Falcon rockets. The uncrewed version of Dragon recently made history as the first commercially built spacecraft to rendezvous and then berth with the International Space Station.

Sierra Nevada Corporation will advance its Dream Chaser spacecraft, which resembles NASA’s space shuttle but is smaller and based on improvements to the agency’s HL-20 lifting-body design. The company partnered with United Launch Alliance to launch its spacecraft atop an Atlas V rocket.

Boeing will continue to develop its CST-100 spacecraft, which underwent rigorous testing during two previous commercial crew development phases. It too will launch atop an Atlas V.

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inthemidnightofsilence: To explore the universe is to explore...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:28:02 -0400

inthemidnightofsilence:

To explore the universe is to explore the inner workings of yourself.

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discoverynews: Who’s excited for Mars? I know I...

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:29:54 -0400

discoverynews:

Who’s excited for Mars? I know I am.

iDkenbot:

Huge Mars Rover Set for Nerve-Wracking Landing on Red Planet Today

After 8 1/2 months crossing the millions of miles between planets, the biggest and most complex rover ever sent to another world is now on its final approach for a hair-raising touchdown on Mars.

NASA’s 1-ton Curiosity rover is set to land inside the Red Planet’s Gale Crater at 10:31 p.m. PDT tonight (Aug. 5; 1:31 a.m. EDT and 0531 GMT on Aug. 6). As with any planetary landing, success is not a given, and tensions may be especially high tonight given Curiosity’s elaborate, unprecedented landing sequence.

The rover’s spacecraft will barrel into the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph (21,000 kph), then deploy a huge supersonic parachute to slow it to about 200 mph (320 kph). Rockets will slow the vehicle’s descent further, to less than 2 mph (3.2 kph), setting the stage for a spectacular “sky crane” maneuver.

Curiosity’s descent stage will lower the enormous rover to the Martian surface on cables, then fly off to crash-land intentionally a safe distance away. Engineers have dubbed the entire sequence “seven minutes of terror” (watch), because that’s how long it’ll take from atmospheric entry to touchdown.

weareallstarstuff: Star Energy

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:29:06 -0400

weareallstarstuff:

Star Energy

this is going to be awesome <3

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:06:32 -0400

this is going to be awesome <3

finchauthority: Lunar Libration

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:54:52 -0400

finchauthority:

Lunar Libration