从太空俯瞰上海
当国际空间站在中国东海上空260英里处运行时,NASA宇航员贾思敏·莫格贝利(Jasmin Moghbeli)拍摄了这张上海城市灯光和流经市中心的黄浦江照片。
NASA的新视野号宇宙飞船的最新观测结果表明,柯伊伯带——太阳系广阔而遥远的外围区域,由成千上万颗冰冷的岩石行星组成——可能比我们想象的要延伸得更远。
美国东部时间2024年2月15日(星期四)凌晨1点05分,Intuitive Machine的Nova-C月球着陆器奥德修斯乘坐SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭从NASA位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心升空。作为NASA商业月球有效载荷服务(CLPS)计划和阿尔忒弥斯计划的一部分,太空天气、月球表面相互作用、射电天文学、精确着陆技术,以及未来自主导航技术的通信和导航节点。
很容易被这个螺旋星系迷住。沿着它清晰的布满恒星的臂状结构,到达它的中心,那里可能有古老的星团,有时还有活跃的超大质量黑洞。NASA的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜通过近红外光和中红外光的结合,提供了这个和其他附近螺旋星系的非常详细的场景。
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984. While testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device called the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) for the first time, McCandless’s fe
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue in visible light, which sets them apart from other high-starburst galaxies that emit more infrared ligh
Clouds of white vapor pile up at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, 2024. This test series is critical for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s aerial prototype is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va, Dec. 15, 2023. The prototype, which was the first to prove it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborato