Rare Encircling Filament NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a dark filament encircling an active region (Oct. 29-31, 2017). Solar filaments are clouds of charged particles that float above the sun, tethered to it by magnetic forces.
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Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon.
Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight. Fischer, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, wrote, « Few things can compare to the honor of meeting WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets today–thank
Liftoff! Orbital Antares Rocket Launches From Wallops Flight Facility The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017
Our Living Earth … From Space Can you identify this river?
Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars On November 14, 1971, Mariner 9, the first spacecraft to orbit the Red Planet, took this image of a shield volcano on Mars.
How to See the Atmosphere How can you see the atmosphere? The answer is blowing in the wind.
Sunrise Flight to the Space Station Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-ike UltraFlex solar arrays approaches the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2017.
Jovian Tempest This color-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
Behold! Observing the Sun A broad hole in the corona was the Sun’s dominant feature November 7-9, 2017.