Intuitive Machine发射到月球
美国东部时间2024年2月15日（星期四）凌晨1点05分，Intuitive Machine的Nova-C月球着陆器奥德修斯乘坐SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭从NASA位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心升空。作为NASA商业月球有效载荷服务（CLPS）计划和阿尔忒弥斯计划的一部分，太空天气、月球表面相互作用、射电天文学、精确着陆技术，以及未来自主导航技术的通信和导航节点。
按月归档： 2 月 2024
佛罗里达的日落
2024年1月30日，星期二，NASA的一名摄影师在佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心的飞行器装配大楼（VAB）附近拍摄了日落。这座标志性建筑于1966年竣工，目前用于组装NASA用于阿尔忒弥斯任务的太空发射系统火箭，它仍然是唯一一座组装火箭将人类带到另一个世界表面的建筑。
NGC 253: 满是尘埃的星系
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玫瑰星云的深场影像
一个繁忙的恒星场显示了几个大的红色星云。玫瑰星云就在其中，在右下方可以看到，而圆锥形星云周围的星云更大，在左上方可以看到。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
螺旋星系NGC 4254的耀眼漩涡
很容易被这个螺旋星系迷住。沿着它清晰的布满恒星的臂状结构，到达它的中心，那里可能有古老的星团，有时还有活跃的超大质量黑洞。NASA的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜通过近红外光和中红外光的结合，提供了这个和其他附近螺旋星系的非常详细的场景。
一月的狼月
2024年2月13日 A January Wolf Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Antoni Zegarski Explanation: Did you see the full moon last month? During every month, on average, a full moon occurs in the skies over planet Earth. This is because the Moon takes a month to complete another orbit around our home planet, goes through all of its phases, and once again has its entir...
宇航员查尔斯·博尔登准备脱离轨道
STS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He is wearing the orange launch and entry suit. Bolden and his crewmates performed proximity operations with the Russian Mir space station. NASA Astronaut Charles F. Bolden, STS-60 commander, sits at the commander’s station on the ...
宇航员鲍勃·海因斯
“I have been interested in aviation for as long as I can remember. There are pictures of me at two years old and younger with my face pinned against the window, watching airplanes taxi around the airport. I had never not known that I wanted to be a pilot. The amazing engineering that goes into [airplanes], but certainly the freedom of flight is just spectacu...
HFG1和Abell 6: 行星状星云
2024年2月12日 HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae Image Credit & Copyright: Julien Cadena & Mickael Coulon; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego) Explanation: Planetary nebulae like Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 (HFG1) and Abell 6 in the constellation Cassiopeia are remnants from the last phase of a medium sized star like our Sun. In spite of their shapes...
直指月亮的火箭烟尘影子
2024年2月11日 Rocket Plume Shadow Points to the Moon Image Credit: Pat McCracken, NASA Explanation: Why would the shadow of a rocket’s launch plume point toward the Moon? In early 2001 during a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, the Sun, Earth, Moon, and rocket were all properly aligned for this photogenic coincidence. First, for the space shuttle̵...