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Launch of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission to study the Sun from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. 9, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/2vmPwE5

Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ScMtY9

The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, 2019. via NASA https://ift.tt/33jpAFG

Amazon rainforest fires causing smoke to drift across the whole of Brazil. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Z9MYHv

The galaxy NGC 1156 resembles a delicate cherry blossom tree flowering in springtime in this Hubble image. The many bright "blooms" within the galaxy are in fact stellar nurseries — regions where new stars are springing to life. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JEsoof

A test version of NASA’s Orion crew module is ready for rollback at Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/2LBjc6u

Satellites love hydrazine – a type of space propellant – but it’s toxic to people and extremely difficult to handle. A non-toxic alternative will be put to the test with NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM), set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2N69GuQ

Surround Sound - Orion service module for Artemis 1 undergoes acoustic tests via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2HMS1Uh

Learn about the three ways to travel at (nearly) the speed of light. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2MdN6zT

This false color image shows part of an unnamed crater in Mars' Arabia Terra. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2YVxxy3

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress to announce his decision to go to the Moon. I via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2QokoKX

NASA and Northrop Grumman technicians in Promontory, Utah, have applied insulation to the final booster motor segment for the second flight of NASA’s deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, and NASA’s Orion spacecraft. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Vf5oA8

NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2VKAhg5

A couple times a year, the International Space Station orbit happens to align over the day/night shadow line on Earth. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2QgyVbF

NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or GPIM, will prove a sustainable and efficient approach to spaceflight. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Ejz6y2

When Apollo 10 launched on May 18, 1969, it was the fifth launch of the Saturn V. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2WO33xp

The irregular galaxy NGC 4485 shows all the signs of having been involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bypassing galaxy. Rather than destroying the galaxy, the chance encounter is spawning a new generation of stars, and presumably planets. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2JKUjES

Jonny Kim was selected as a member of NASA's 2017 astronaut class, nicknamed "the Turtles." via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2LJ0742

On April 29 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion’s service module moved to the lift station inside the assembly bay. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2WFNs2N

The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2VzrTEB