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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition (10/14/1998)
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition (10/14/1998)
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Titan Haze (11/17/1984)
Layers of haze covering Saturn's satellite Titan are seen in this image taken by Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range of 22,000 kilometers (13,700 miles). The colors are false and are used to show details of the haze that covers Titan. The upper level of the thick aerosol above the satellite's limb appears orange. The divisions in the haze occur at altitudes of 200, 375 and 500 kilometers (124, 233 and 310 miles) above the limb of the moon. JPL manages the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.
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Courtesy Nasa
Jupiter with Io Crossing (9/26/1996)
Jupiter's satellite Io poses before the giant planet in this photo returned January 17, 1979, from a distance of 29 million miles (47 million kilometers). The satellite's shadow can be seen falling on the face of Jupiter at left. Io is traveling from left to right in its one-and-three-quarter-day orbit around Jupiter. Even from this great distance the image of Io shows dark poles and a bright equatorial region. Voyager will make its closest approach to Jupiter -- 174,000 miles (280,000 kilometer) -- on March 5. It will then continue to Saturn in November 1980, Meanwhile Voyager 2, a sister spacecraft, will fly past Jupiter July 9, 1979, and reach Saturn in August 1981. This color image was taken through orange, green and blue filters. The Voyagers are managed for NASA's Office of Space Science by Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Courtesy Nasa
Huygens Landing Site Revisited (Animation - Artist's Concept)
Huygens Landing Site Revisited (Animation - Artist's Concept)
Friday, May 27, 2011
Saturn V First Stage (3/6/1968)
Saturn V First Stage (S-1C) Ready for Assembly AT KSC (3/6/1968)
This photograph shows the Saturn V first stage (S-1C) in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center ready to be mated with the second and third stages to complete the assembly of a Saturn V launch vehicle. This particular Saturn V was used for Apollo 6, which was a systems test flight. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. Altogether, the Saturn V engines produced as much power as 85 Hoover Dams
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Three Hot Topics at NASA
In this NASA eClips video discover three hot topics NASA is currently developing. The Cassini-Huygens is a spacecraft NASA sent to check out Saturn and Saturn’s moons. Find out what discoveries have been made based on photos from this mission. Another hot topic is Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, a modified Boeing 757 that holds an infrared telescope. This enables the telescope to capture infrared light. Finally, learn about the new space vehicle NASA will be using in the next decade. NASA will be retiring the space shuttle and will launch ORION. Find out how the ORION differes from the current space shuttle.
Saturn's Aurora in a New Light (November 24, 2009)
Saturn's Aurora in a New Light (November 24, 2009)
Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations (2/16/2005)
Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations (2/16/2005)
Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations (2/16/2005)
Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations (2/16/2005)
Saturn Moon Ballet (December 17, 2009)
Clara, Sugar Plum Fairy, move aside. Saturn's moons give Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, 'The Nutcracker,' a graceful new spin in this video compiled from some 61 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
NASA images of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, clouds around Saturn, sounds by Werner
NASA images of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, clouds around Saturn, sounds by Werner
nebula
Sharpless 2-188 | Expanding gas from Sharpless 2-188 collides with ambient gas in the interstellar medium to create this unusual planetary nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. The nearly circular nebula is much brighter to the southeast (lower left) because the central star is moving rapidly in that direction. Faint wisps of gas can also be seen in the opposite direction.
This image shows off the impressive imaging capabilities of the new CCD detectors in the Mosaic 1.1 camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The image was generated with deep observations in the Hydrogen alpha filter (red) and the Oxygen [OIII] filter (cyan). In this image, North is up and East is to the left.
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