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NASA’s Juno Mission Halfway to Jupiter Science

21.03.2019

A south tropical disturbance has just passed Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and is captured stealing threads of orange haze from the Great Red Spot in this series of color-enhanced images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. From left to right, this Читать далее →

A Region of Bennu’s Northern Hemisphere Close Up

16.03.2019

This trio of images acquired by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows a wide shot and two close-ups of a region in asteroid Bennu’s northern hemisphere. The wide-angle image (left), obtained by the spacecraft’s MapCam camera, shows a 590-foot (180-meter) wide area Читать далее →

Opportunity’s Parting Shot Was a Beautiful Panorama

13.03.2019

This image is a cropped version of the last 360-degree panorama taken by the Opportunity rover’s Panoramic Camera (Pancam) from May 13 through June 10, 2018. The view is presented in false color to make some differences between materials easier Читать далее →

SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight Test

10.03.2019

NASA passed a major milestone Friday in its goal to restore America’s human spaceflight capability when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returned to Earth after a five-day mission docked to the International Space Station.

About 6 hours after departing the space Читать далее →