ALMA Antennas on the Chajnantor Plateau Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. Credit: ESO/C. Malin
A solar explosion erupted on December 31 2012 that extended around 160,000 miles out from the sun’s surface - or roughly 20 times the diameter of Earth.
The explosion made for an awesome light show, as it was recorded by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory.
(vía thedemon-hauntedworld)
Commercial Rocket Makes Trek to Launchpad
Published on Apr 6, 2013 On April 6 at Wallops Flight Facility, NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences Corporation rolled out the first fully-integrated Antares rocket to Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A , in preparation for its inaugural flight. Orbital is testing Antares under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. NASA initiatives like COTS are helping develop a robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the space station and low-Earth orbit.
Earth from Orbit 2012
Bitches be like “Houston, we have a problem.” #houston #nasa #spacecenter (at Space Center Houston)
