SpaceX's Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Saturday, May 4. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/46856594435_206c773b5a_o.jpg
Today is National Teacher Day! NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold was a science teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf, Maryland. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/47715240192_79d04ce1d9_k.jpg
NASA's InSight Mars Lander used its Instrument Context Camera beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset on the Red Planet. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23180.jpg
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s78-35395.jpg
Joe Acaba was selected as an astronaut in 2004 and has logged a total of 306 days in space on three flights. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/26788065189_b9244802f1_k.jpg
The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss059e059210.jpg
On April 29 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion’s service module moved to the lift station inside the assembly bay. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p5020056.jpg
Jonny Kim was selected as a member of NASA's 2017 astronaut class, nicknamed
The irregular galaxy NGC 4485 shows all the signs of having been involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bypassing galaxy. Rather than destroying the galaxy, the chance encounter is spawning a new generation of stars, and presumably planets. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1930a-f-3213x2836.jpg
When Apollo 10 launched on May 18, 1969, it was the fifth launch of the Saturn V. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo10launch.jpg
NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or GPIM, will prove a sustainable and efficient approach to spaceflight. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/19-03528_-_gpim_final_day1.jpg
A couple times a year, the International Space Station orbit happens to align over the day/night shadow line on Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/403a0271.jpg
NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/new-era-of-flight-no-words_0.jpg
NASA and Northrop Grumman technicians in Promontory, Utah, have applied insulation to the final booster motor segment for the second flight of NASA’s deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, and NASA’s Orion spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/booster_green_background.jpg
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress to announce his decision to go to the Moon. I http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/154946main_image_feature_637_ys_full.jpg
This false color image shows part of an unnamed crater in Mars' Arabia Terra. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23239.jpg
Learn about the three ways to travel at (nearly) the speed of light. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/g2014-018_mms_narrated_orbitv4_ipod_lg.594_print.jpg
Surround Sound - Orion service module for Artemis 1 undergoes acoustic tests http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/orion_service_module_acoustic_test_co.jpg
This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. Located in the 2,000-strong Virgo cluster of galaxies within the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin), Messier 59 lies approximately 50 million light-years away from us. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw1921a.jpg
NASA selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of the Artemis program. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/47974215683_9e2aaef98f_k.jpg