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NASA and Lockheed Martin publicly unveil the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a ceremony in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter. NASA/Steve Freeman A climactic curtain drop reveals the newly painted red, white, and blue X-59 aircraft during its rollout ceremony on Jan. 12, 2024, at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California – a major milestone before its first flight. A long-standing aviation tradition, rollout ceremonies celebrate years of technical achievements. In the case of the X-59, not only does it celebrate groundbreaking technical work, but it…

这张色彩缤纷的节日图片显示了不同类型的光，其中包含了不止一颗，而是至少两颗爆炸恒星的残骸。这个超新星遗迹被称为剑鱼座30B（简称30 Dor B），它是过去800万至1000万年来恒星不断形成的更大空间区域的一部分。它是一个由气体、年轻恒星、高能激波和过热气体组成的复杂景观，位于银河系的一个小型卫星星系大麦哲伦云中，距离地球160,000光年。

Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara has her Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked ahead of launching to the International Space Station on Sept. 15, 2023. O’Hara, currently on the station, is scheduled to spend six months there. She and her fellow Expedition 70 crew members are studying an array of microgravity phenomena to benefit humans living on and off the Earth, as well as exploring heart health, cancer treatments, space manufacturing techniques, and more during their long-duration stay in Earth orbit. The NASA Headquarters photographers chose this photo as one of the best images from 2023. See the rest on Flickr. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls 2023年9月15日，NASA第70号远征队宇航员洛拉尔·奥哈拉在发射到国际空间站之前，检查了她的俄罗斯索科尔宇航服压力。奥哈拉目前在国际空间站上，计划在那里呆六个月。她和她的第70号远征队成员正在研究一系列微重力现象，以使生活在地球上和地球外的人类受益，并在他们长期停留在地球轨道期间探索心脏健康、癌症治疗、太空制造技术等。 NASA总部的摄影师将这张照片选为2023年的最佳照片之一。详见Flickr。 影像来源：NASA/Bill Ingalls

On March 30, 2023, NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines took part in STEM demonstrations with local students in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. While aboard, the crew studied ways to reverse the aging of immune cells, how wounds heal in microgravity, and cardiovascular health. They also participated in spacewalks, tested new technology to diagnose medical conditions, explored the development of new construction materials in space, grew red dwarf tomatoes, and observed liquid behavior in artificial gravity to support missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The NASA Headquarters photographers chose this photo as one of the best images from 2023. See the rest on…

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a stellar explosion throwing out sheets of debris in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy on July 7, 2003. Since its 1990 launch, Hubble has changed our fundamental understanding of the universe; with over 1.5 million observations and 20,000+ papers published on its discoveries, Hubble is the most productive science mission in the history of NASA. See more stunning images from Hubble – and experience some of the images through sound. Image Credit: NASA, STScI/AURA 2003年7月7日，哈勃太空望远镜捕捉到了这张恒星爆炸的照片，它在临近的大麦哲伦星系中抛出了大量的碎片。自1990年发射以来，哈勃改变了我们对宇宙的基本认识；哈勃望远镜拥有超过150万次观测和20,000多篇关于其发现的论文，是NASA历史上最具生产力的科学任务。 观看更多来自哈勃的惊人图像——并通过声音体验一些图像。 影像来源: NASA, STScI/AURA

A Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021, making an artistic reflection on the water’s surface. Kennedy shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Merritt Island’s strategic location along the Atlantic Flyway provides a resting and feeding place for thousands of wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds. Great Blue Herons are just one of the more than 330 native and migratory bird species that call Kennedy and the wildlife refuge home. Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky 2021年1月11日，在佛罗里达州NASA肯尼迪航天中心，一只大蓝鹭的水道上振翅飞翔，在水面上做出艺术的倒影。肯尼迪与梅里特岛国家野生动物保护区接壤。 梅里特岛沿着大西洋飞行路线的战略位置为成千上万的涉水鸟、滨鸟和鸣禽提供了休息和进食的地方。在肯尼迪和野生动物保护区安家的330多种本地和候鸟中，大蓝鹭只是其中之一。 图片来源: NASA/Ben Smegelsky