Outta this world! NASA's coolest photos
Photography
Our designer is a self professed fan of space - both personal and outer.
Apart from fangirling over Carl Sagan and Neil Degrasse Tyson; watching all the space movies/documentaries you can think of; and following Chris Hadfield's career on the ISS, she creates cool artwork inspired by and sourced from NASA on the commons and Hubblesite.
Here are some of the best pictures she found.
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Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light
Auroras on Jupiter 'Star trails' of a meteor shower captured from the ISS in long exposure Light echoes from Red Supergiant V838 Monocerotis Gaua Island from the ISS Saturn's auroras can last for days The Hubble Telescope, operational in low orbit since 1990, is continually serviced by astronauts and is pivotal in deep space imaging A spiral galaxy, distorted into a rose-like shape by the gravity of the galaxy below it Italy as seen from the ISS Dubbed the celestial lightsaber, Herbig-Haro Jet HH 24 lies inside the Milky Way
International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery
Life imitates art.
Tests in the Propulsion lab A composited image of Saturn's rings as seen thru every color spectrum Gravity Chamber Lageos Satellite Inspecting a Solar Mirror Hyper Velocity Test Fourier Telescope tests F-16XL scale model in the Hypersonic wind tunnel at Langley The James Webb telescope
A view of the Aurora Borialis from the ISS
Up, up and away!
The historic Apollo 11 launch Saturn V, S-II stage is lifted into test stand Discovery Orbiter on its way to the Mir Russian Space Station Atlantis Orbiter Vehicle 104 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center CONTOUR rocket launched on a Boeing Delta II rocket on July 3, 2002 from Cape Canaveral The Challenger Spaceshuttle in transit
What's an astronaut's favourite breakup line? "I just need some space"
Ed White performs first U.S. spacewalk First EVA to service the Hubble Telescope Advanced crew escape suit (ACES), c. 1994 McCandless went "free-flying" to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, holds up a "For Sale" sign refering to the two satellites, Palapa B-2 and Westar 6
The little things matter.
X15 pilots goofing around
The women of NASA
Women scientists in training Astronaut Mae Jemison working in Spacelab-J Christa McAuliffe experiences weightlessness during KC-135 flight Two women scientists work the Manometer Board setup in supersonic wind tunnel
Our 'ground work' takes you 'sky high'.
Seamstresses Stitch a Sun-Shade for Skylab Moon Landing simulator Analog computing machine in Fuel Systems building Diplomats at the launch of Apollo 10 Astronauts prepare for the Apollo 11 mission The Moon Lander
Ames Research Center's Future Flight Central simulator, the world's first full-scale virtual airport control tower
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as viewed by Voyager 1
All images are sourced responsibly from the NASA on the commons on Flickr and Hubblesite.
