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Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft

Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA is seen floating outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk. Pesquet and Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA conducted the six-hour-and-34-minute spacewalk on March 24, 2017. A second spacewalk, by Kimbrough and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is scheduled for Thursday, March 30. via NASA http://ift.tt/2nwyygv

Dr. Ellen Ochoa on the Flight Deck of Shuttle Atlantis

Dr. Ellen Ochoa on the Flight Deck of Shuttle Atlantis On April 15, 2002, STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa works at the Remote Manipulator System controls on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis. Dr. Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, is currently the 11th director of Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the STS-56 mission. via NASA http://ift.tt/2mUXF97

Space Station View of Mount Etna Erupting

Space Station View of Mount Etna Erupting The Expedition 50 crew aboard the International Space Station had a nighttime view from orbit of Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupting on March 19, 2017. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of ESA captured this image, writing, „Mount Etna, in Sicily. The volcano is currently erupting and the molten ava is visible from space, at night!“ via NASA http://ift.tt/2nC1nJ4

Photographer Carla Thomas on a Supersonic Flight

Photographer Carla Thomas on a Supersonic Flight “Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between the single seat and two seat F/A-18 aircraft for the Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or SonicBAT program,“ said Carla Thomas, one of NASA’s two female in-flight photographers. via NASA http://ift.tt/2n9LkkA

Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories This view, acquired on Nov. 7, 2016, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows a portion of Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta and the town of Inuvik, home to more than 3,000 people. A frozen highway — 194 kilometers (120 miles) long — runs between the remote outposts of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk along the river’s East Channel. via NASA http://ift.tt/2n6yXWH

Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician

Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as a human computer performing complex mathematical calculations. via NASA http://ift.tt/2mwYwwB

NASA’s Webb Telescope Ghostly ‚Lights Out‘ Inspection

NASA’s Webb Telescope Ghostly ‚Lights Out‘ Inspection The technicians who are inspecting the telescope and its expansive golden mirrors look like ghostly wraiths in this image as they conduct a „lights out inspection“ in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility (SSDIF) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. via NASA http://ift.tt/2n006uB