NASAβs Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera of asteroid Vesta on August 11, 2011. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel. [1024 x 1024]
ON THIS DAY: NASA techs assist Gus Grissom during suiting operations at Kennedy Space Center, October 18, 1966.
The first photo of the surface of Mars, captured by NASAβs Viking 1 lander on July 20, 1976.
I think we made something entirely new
Ieri Margaret Hamilton ha ricevuto il prestigioso premio "Presidential medal of freedom" per aver guidato con successo il team per la creazione dell'on-board computer dell'Apollo 11, permettendo quindi il primo allunaggio umano della storia
A month of moons πππππ
View of Earth from Apollo 12 spacecraft window
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On March 2, 1963 Engineer Thomas Byrdsong checks the Apollo/Saturn 1B Ground-wind-loads model in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Credit: NASA