Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with blooms of phytoplankton. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/chukchi_oli_2018169_lrg_0.jpg
The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/cpas_photo.jpg
NASA's satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and extend a spacecraft’s life. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/42629312864_f8d9749073_k.jpg
Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/as11-40-5944.jpg
In July 2018, an iceberg weighing 11 million tons parked just offshore of Innaarsuit, a small island village in northwestern Greenland. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/innaarsuit_oli_2018186_lrg.jpg
On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/candid_apollo.jpeg
NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight Test-1 on Dec. 5, 2014, is seen after being uncovered in preparation for being moved onto the White House complex, Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Washington, DC. More than 1,000 companies across the country manufactured or contributed elements to the spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/42649788835_6f06dcd03c_o.jpg
July 26 is National Intern Day. See how far these two former interns at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come! http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2017e111693.jpg
Saturn is the solar system’s most photogenic planet, especially in this latest Hubble snapshot with the ring system near its maximum tilt. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1829b-m-2000x1230.png
The International Space Station soars into a sunrise every 90 minutes, each and every day. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43656168861_3c30e55b14_o.jpg
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has cleared the final procedures in the clean room before its move to the launch pad. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fencap2.jpg
More than a dozen wildfires are burning in the state of California, with several of them threatening life and property http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/califire.jpg
Administration Jim Bridenstine tours the inside of the Orion test crew capsule, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43088894214_b3f687c43b_k.jpg
The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made commercial spacecraft, to and from the International Space Station, wave after being announced, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43778247512_598b3a1e5e_o.jpg
The Earth, in all its majesty and its tragedy, is the subject of images taken aboard the International Space Station. This image of the Carr and Ferguson fires was captured from the station on August 3, 2018, by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss056e102551.jpg
The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet and into a narrow inlet that leads into Prince William Sound in southeastern Alaska. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/columbia_tm5_1986209_lrg.jpg
Who was Mary Ross? Another 'hidden figure,' a mathematician and engineer. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ross.jpg
Inside the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket payload fairing on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, the Parker Solar is slated to launch at 3:33 a.m. EDT, Saturday, August 11. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43218692434_ef80b61985_k.jpg
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe on a mission to touch the Sun, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/42184535980_f738b67cb6_o.jpg
The largest fire in California's history, the Mendocino Complex, is still spewing clouds of smoke across the state. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/california-fires-081218.jpg