On Jan. 3, 1962, the newly announced Mercury Mark II project was renamed Project Gemini. This artist's concept of a two-person Gemini spacecraft in flight shows a cutaway view. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s65-14257.jpg
This Geocolor image from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018, at 16:22 UTC. The powerful nor'easter is battering coastal areas with heavy snow and strong winds, from Florida to Maine. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/20180041622_goes16-abi-conus-geocolor-5000x3000.jpg
Millions of people along the East Coast of the United States faced snow and ice, gusty winds, power outages, travel delays, school closings, and flooding as a rapidly-intensifying Nor’easter plowed northward during the first week of 2018. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/eastcoast_vir_2018004_lrg.jpg
Saturn’s rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21901-1041.jpg
On Jan. 9, 1969, NASA announced the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. This portrait was taken on Jan. 10, the day after the announcement of the crew assignment. From left to right are lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, commander Neil Armstrong; and command module pilot Michael Collins. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/31419815333_7aaa95bef0_o.jpg
A new analysis of about 10,000 normal Sun-like stars in the Milky Way's galactic bulge reveals that our galaxy's hub is a dynamic environment. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img1_0.png
Colorful swirling cloud belts dominate Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21974.jpg
On January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the first African Americans. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s79-36529.jpg
For the second time in three years, snow has accumulated in the desert near the northern Algerian town of Aïn Séfra. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ainsefra_oli_2018008_oblique_lrg_1.jpg
This image of Jupiter’s swirling south polar region was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it neared completion of its tenth close flyby of the gas giant planet. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21975-opt.jpg
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Parker Solar Probe is lowered into the 40-foot-tall thermal vacuum chamber. The thermal vacuum chamber simulates the harsh conditions that the spacecraft will experience on its journey through space, including near-vacuum conditions and severe hot and cold temperatures. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/5d1_6772.jpg
Ships churning through the Atlantic Ocean produced this patchwork of bright, criss-crossing cloud trails off the coast of Portugal and Spain. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/atlantic_amo_2018016_lrg.jpg
This image shows NASA's InSight lander after it was commanded to deploy its solar arrays to test and verify the exact process that it will use on the surface of the Red Planet. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22204.jpg
On the last Thursday in January, NASA pays tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/39185734754_303823b519_o_1.jpg
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, spacewalker Mark Vande Hei snapped his own portrait, better known as a “space-selfie,” during the first spacewalk of the year. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss054e022843_0.jpg
Layers, probably sedimentary in origin, have undergone extensive erosion in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of Shalbatana Valles, a prominent channel that cuts through Xanthe Terra. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22182.jpg
The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/25126840057_3925961d24_o.jpg
Dr. Lonnie Reid had a long and storied career at NASA's Glenn Research Center. His expertise in the internal flow of advance aerospace propulsion system was nationally recognized and he was influential in recruiting and mentoring the next generation of scientists and engineers. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/grc-1979-c-03640.jpg
Taken from inside Chamber A at the Johnson Space Center in September 2017, this image shows the James Webb Space Telescope as it was undergoing cryogenic testing and the temperature was approximately -369.7 degrees Fahrenheit. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/39110614315_8ea44e1316_o.jpg
Lunar crater is named after former NASA chief exploration scientist. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wargo_aug2017_m1257490324lrcrop.jpg