Instrumentation technician Michael Hodgins performs installation measures on the trans-sonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) model at Langley Research Center’s 14×22 subsonic wind tunnel. The unique design of the aircraft’s wings reduces drag during flight, which in turn reduces fuel consumption by up […]
2021年9月9日 M16 Cose Up Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh Explanation: A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region adopts the colorful Hubble palette and in
2021年9月8日 The Deep Sky Toward Andromeda Image Credit & License: Stefan Ziegenbalg Explanation: What surrounds the Andromeda galaxy? Out in space, Andromeda (M31) is closely surrounded by several small satellite galaxies, and further out it is part of the Local Group of Galaxies — of which
这个密封的钛合金样品管里有毅力号的第一个火星岩石岩芯样本。火星车的取样和缓存系统相机（称为CacheCam）拍摄到了这一图像。 影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA的毅力号火星车今天完成了第一个火星岩石样本的采集，这是一个来自杰泽罗陨石坑的岩芯，比铅笔略粗。位于南加州的NASA喷气推进实验室（JPL）的任务控制人员收到的数据证实了这一历史性里程碑。 该岩芯现在被封在一个密闭的钛合金样品管中，使其在未来可以被回收。通过火星样本返回活动，NASA和ESA（欧洲航天局）正在计划一系列未来的任务，将火星车的样品管送回地球进行更深入的研究。这些样品将是第一组经过科学鉴定和挑选的从另一个星
2021年9月7日 NGC 520: Colliding Galaxies from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: William Ostling (The Astronomy Enthusiast) Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two? The jumble of stars, gas, and dust that is NGC 520 is now thought to incorporate the remains of two separ
2021年9月6日 Firefly Milky Way over Russia Image Credit & Copyright: Anton Komlev Explanation: It started with a pine tree. The idea was to photograph a statuesque pine in front of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. And the plan, carried out two months ago, was successful — they both
2021年9月5日 Earth and Moon Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Galileo Project; Processing & License: Gordan Ugarkovic Explanation: The Earth and Moon are rarely photographed together. One of most spectacular times this occurred was about 30 years ago when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past ou
This Mastcam-Z image shows a sample of Mars rock inside the sample tube on Sept. 1, 2021 – the 190th sol, or Martian day, of the mission. The image was taken after coring concluded but prior to an operation that vibrates the drill bit and tube to clear the tube’s lip of any residual material.
2021年9月4日 A Falcon 9 Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis Huff Explanation: Not the Hubble Space Telescope’s latest view of a distant galactic nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 29. The snapshot was taken at 3:17am from S
2021年9月3日 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Satwant Kumar Explanation: These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away, in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. St
