NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, visiting the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, looking at the Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage.

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260512-PH-KLS02_0018

#JessicaWatkins #astronaut #sapce #photography #Artemis3 #Artemis #Crew13

Large mosaic acquired three days ago by Perseverance, capturing the rim of Jezero Crater to the south of the rover

▶️ zoom app https://zoomhub.net/yzn2N

#Mars Oct. 25, 2025 - Sol 1664
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1664 #NorthernRimCampaign #Jezero #crater #JezeroCrater #PerseveranceRover #geology #sapce #science #astrodon #mastcam #mosaic #photography #mars2020

The Westerlund 1 star cluster

This view combines x-ray data from Chandra, infrared data from JWST, and optical data from Hubble.

Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/an-eye-catching-star-cluster/

#Westerlund1 #starcluster #chandra #jwst #hubble #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #stars #nasa #xray #sapce

🎂 OTD 2014: publication of the discovery of Laniakea

"A map of the local Universe has enabled researchers to find the boundaries of Earth's home supercluster, which they name Laniakea."

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13674

#Cosmology #Laniakea #Universe #LaniakeaSupercluster #galaxies #supercluster #Nature #news #sapce #science #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #STEM #map #cartography #cosmography #Earth

Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/marking-13-years-on-mars-nasas-curiosity-picks-up-new-skills

#Curiosity #Mars #rover #sapce #science #STEM #news #CuriosityRover

Martian Vertigo

#Mars Mar. 23, 2025 (Sol 1454)
📷 https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1454/

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1454 #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #sapce #science #STEM #geology #astrodon

Perseverance has been climbing on this rocky mound, as shown by these two shots from the front hazard avoidance cameras. That's why we've been getting unusually tilted views from the navigation cameras...

#Mars Mar. 23, 2025 (Sol 1454)
📷 https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1454/

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1454 #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #sapce #science #STEM #geology #astrodon

Blue Ghost Mission 1 has completed more than 14 days of Lunar surface operations - a total of 10 NASA payloads, transmitting more than 119GB of data back to Earth, including 51GB of science and technology data.

Work is progressing on qualifying and assembling flight hardware for Blue Ghost Mission 2 which will conduct operations in lunar orbit and on the far side of the Moon.

https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-successfully-completes-14-days-of-surface-operations-on-the-moon/ #Moon #BlueGhost #Sapce #Nasa #FireflyAerospace