Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art
Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art
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Archivo de la etiqueta: Astronomy photo
Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph
Looking Back: Dr. George Carruthers and Apollo 16 Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph
Dr. George Carruthers, right, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph, the first Moon-based observatory that Carruthers developed for the Apollo 16 mission. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the observatory on the moon in April 1972.
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Shaping a Spiral Galaxy
Shaping a Spiral Galaxy
Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy.
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Apollo 8: Earthrise
Apollo 8: Earthrise
This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon.
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Entering the Martian Atmosphere with the Perseverance Rover
Entering the Martian Atmosphere with the Perseverance Rover
With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration.
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