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Jason-3 Satellite Launches The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen as it launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East with the Jason-3 spacecraft onboard, , Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Rux4gf

Jason-3 Satellite Prepared For Launch In the SpaceX Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Jason-3 satellite is prepared for encapsulation in its payload faring. Liftoff of Jason-3 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for the opening of a 30-second launch window at 10:42:18 a.m. PST (1:42 EST) on Sunday, Jan. 17. via NASA http://ift.tt/1U0gpiu

Pluto’s Wright Mons in Color Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission have assembled this highest-resolution color view of one of two potential cryovolcanoes spotted on the surface of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1nlrIaw

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features An international scientific team recently published a new map of the ocean floor based on Earth’s gravity field, and it is a particularly useful tool. The maps were created through computer analysis and modeling of new satellite data from ESA’s CryoSat-2 and from the NASA-CNES Jason-1, as well as older data from missions flown in the 1980s and 90s. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P11qGS

Tim Peake Prepares For Friday’s Spacewalk European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) shared this photo taken aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2015, during preparations for a spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA). Peake wrote, „Final suit fit check prior to Friday’s EVA – feels just great! #Principia #spacewalk“ via NASA http://ift.tt/1TSFE6i

Starburst Spider Mars‘ seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to vapor) every spring. In the region where the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image on Feb. 4, 2009, we see troughs that form a starburst pattern. via NASA http://ift.tt/1SJIc8a

Space Station Flyover of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains ESA astronaut Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) took this photograph over the west coast of Canada from the International Space Station on Dec. 31, 2015, and shared it with his Twitter followers on Jan. 5, writing, „I was lucky enough to fly a helicopter in these Rocky Mountains once – I’m a bit higher this time! #Principia“ via NASA http://ift.tt/1mGs2A2

Andromeda in High-Energy X-rays NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged a swath of the Andromeda galaxy — the nearest large galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. via NASA http://ift.tt/1mySXOQ

Triple Play What looks like a pair of Saturnian satellites is actually a trio upon close inspection. via NASA http://ift.tt/1PIbO4U

The Alps in Winter European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) photographed the Alps from orbit on Dec. 27, 2015 and later shared the image with his social media followers, writing, „There may not be much snow in the Alps this winter but they still look stunning from here! #Principia“ via NASA http://ift.tt/1miLof5