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Posts tagged ‘Spacecraft’

Enceladus beautiful plumage

May 3, 2013

Enceladus beautiful plumage

Saturn‘s moon Enceladus shows off its beautiful plume to the Cassini spacecraft’s cameras. Enceladus (313 miles -  504 kilometers across) is seen here illuminated by light reflected off Saturn. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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MB&F Musicmachine

April 29, 2013

MB&F Musicmachine

The MB&F Musicmachine, that looks like Star Wars spacecraft, is actually a music box. They will be produced just 66 black and white pieces.

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Spacecraft wings of Power

April 28, 2013

Spacecraft wings of Power

These are spacecraft’s solar power panels, that look like wings, from behind, published by the European Space Agency.
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Crescent Neptune and Triton

April 17, 2013

Crescent Neptune and Triton

The Voyager 2 spacecraft camera captured the gas giant planet Neptune and its cloudy moon Triton together in crescent phase.

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NASA’s 2012 Greatest Hits video

January 27, 2013

NASA's 2012 Greatest Hits video

NASA: Reaching for New Heights, a video with all the Greatest Hits of National Aeronautics and Space Administration from the past year, presented with a very nice way.

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Mining for metals on an asteroid by 2015

January 23, 2013

Mining for metals on an asteroid by 2015

Deep Space Industries intends mining for metals on an asteroid by 2015. The company is planing to find platinum, or other metals on asteroids, as they speed past Earth.

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Rare and spectacular view of Saturn

December 21, 2012

Rare and spectacular view of Saturn

Rare and spectacular view of Saturn by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. Also captured in this image are two of Saturn’s moons: Enceladus and Tethys.   Can you see them?    Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Expedition 33 Lands

November 19, 2012

Expedition 33 Lands from ISS

The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with Expedition 33 crew, in a remote area of Kazakhstan, on Nov. 19, 2012, from Space Station.   Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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Saturn rings and Tethys

October 25, 2012

Saturn rings and Tethys

Saturn’s rings and Tethys were imaged in their true colors by the Cassini spacecraft. Icy bright Tethys, a moon of Saturn likely brightened from sister moon Enceladus, is visible in front of the darker rings.   Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Expedition 33 crew is preparing for launch

October 21, 2012

Expedition 33 crew is preparing for launch

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33 crew is preparing for launch and share a playful moment during the first of two so-called “fit check” dress rehearsal sessions, on Oct. 10, 2012. Image credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

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