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The NASA Image of the Day website is dedicated to showcasing daily insights into the Earth, Sun, Solar System and Universe. Each day, the website showcases a beautiful astronomic image with a detailed description, giving information about the object or event being captured. The images come from numerous space telescopes and spacecrafts, providing stunning visual representations of our cosmos.

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RSS Hunter • Aug 19, 2024

Thread Of Notes

New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station

From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a portrait while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0814792/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 24

Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank

Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into a detached test building on a separate portion of the 829-acre site.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/crews-move-artemis-iv-liquid-hydrogen-tank-for-proof-testing/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 23

A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94

Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/250th-ngc4736/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 22

Psyche Approaches Mars

This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. Because Psyche approached Mars from a high phase angle, the planet appeared as a thin crescent in the days running up to the close approach, lit by sunlight reflecting off its surface.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/pia26586/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 21

Our First View of the Surface of Mars

On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/34280-mars-viking1-lander-1st-image-pia00381/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 20

NASA's Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula

Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) directly measured the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the “Lighthouse” Nebula, for the first time.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/lighthouse-lg/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 17

Young Galaxy Cluster

In the Picture of the Month from the James Webb Space Telescope, we are taken on a visit to a building site of significant scale. The project is a galaxy cluster named MACS J0553.4-3342, located in the constellation Columba (the Dove).

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55380623885-a00df544bb-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 16

Anil Menon Launches to Space Station

NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children watch as a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 75 crewmembers NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/expedition-75-launch-3/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 15

Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars

A glowing landscape of gas and dust is heated and illuminated by a thriving population of young stars in the LH 95 region of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55382014220-1dd17df9c0-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 14

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses in a spacesuit for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2026e000758/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 13

Waxing Gibbous Moon

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/gmt177_ehdc1/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 10

Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close

These sulfur crystals were found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024, the 4,200th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/nasa-iotd-curiosity-takes-a-close-look-at-martian-sulfur-crystals/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 9

Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 3, a densely packed cluster of stars whose origins may be a merger between globular clusters in the early universe.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/hubble-m3-july4-final/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 8

Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree

The Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This tree is a second-generation Apollo Moon tree of the loblolly pine species.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2026e396761/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 7

NASA Takes Flight For America's 250th

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/nasa-at-the-great-american-state-fair/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 6

Good Morning, Earth!

A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth's atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Caucasus Mountains.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0779393/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 2

LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA's Swift Observatory

A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/stargazer-aircraft-with-link-spacecraft-at-nasa-wallops/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jul 1

Starry Chandelier Cluster

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55357496142-295d2a4b87-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 30

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0760514/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 29

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/euclid-s-view-of-our-galaxy-s-bulge/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 26

Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/starburst-galaxy-m82-webb-and-hubble-image/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 25

Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy

NASA’s Pegasus barge arrives at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, June 21, 2026.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/afs-8-101-1289/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 24

Hanging in the Balance

The Moon's rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/art002e024603/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 23

NASA's Chandra Finds Possible Supernova Remnant

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/sgrc-lg/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Stages of Star Formation

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with star-forming clouds.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/webb-unveils-young-stars-across-every-stage-of-formation/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/macs0329-0211-sky-sreg-flat-final/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Aurora Australis

The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia on June 5.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0672727/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

San Francisco's Patchwork Streets

A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break in the clouds left downtown San Francisco and nearby communities beneath mostly cloud-free skies, allowing an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to take this photograph.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074-e-619284-lrg/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 15

Black Eye Galaxy

Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55158722798-9bb0f41f19-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 12

Soccer Meets Space Science

Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0349331/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 11

Train Ride to NASA Kennedy for Artemis III Booster Segments

A train transports eight booster motor segments for the SLS (Space Launch System rocket) that will power NASA’s Artemis III mission from Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah, June 2, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 10

Artemis III Crew Announced

NASA announced the Artemis III crew on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot; NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander; and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, mission specialist, will demonstrate the Orion spacecraft's rendezvous and docking capabilities with test versions from one, or both, American commercial human landing systems in development by Blue Origin and SpaceX.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2026e392659/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 9

Supersonic!

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircraft exceeded the speed of sound in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. The milestone represents a major step in flight testing as the aircraft expands into the supersonic portion of its flight envelope.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/x59-first-supersonic-ata-02/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 8

First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk

A year after America’s first spacewalk, Gemini IX-A Eugene Cernan stepped outside his spacecraft for an ambitious extravehicular activity scheduled for 167 minutes. The challenges he faced led NASA to reevaluate plans, equipment, and training for future spacewalks.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/s66-38515orig/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 5

Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet's northern hemisphere.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/pia25729orig/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 4

Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88).

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/hubble-m88-potm2605a/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 3

Look Up!

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/gmt137_12_00_cc-esa_sophie-adenot_dragon_docking-complete_i/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 2

Pretty in Pink

This image of Westerlund 2 features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and James Webb infrared data (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue).

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55270825152-a1118117db-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • Jun 1

Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/eso490-017-1-flat-final-crop/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 29

Going Low and Slow in Testing

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. NASA continues to include two-flight days in its envelope expansion as teams work to better understand how the aircraft responds throughout its operating range.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/x-59-lbfd-flight-10-2/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 28

Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge

Katherine Rauscher, of Michigan Technological University, prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, inside the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Forty-seven teams from around the U.S. designed and built remote-controlled robots capable of traversing challenging lunar terrain while constructing regolith-based berm under conditions similar to those the agency will face as it returns to the lunar surface through Artemis.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/afs-8-101-1273/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 27

Chennai City Lights

Chennai, on India's southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LED streetlights in this photograph taken at approximately 9:13 p.m. local time on May 2, 2026, from the International Space Station.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/iss074e0543247/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 26

Webb Studies Star Clusters

This near-infrared image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51).

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/star-forming-regions-in-m51/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 22

Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, capturing images as it came within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This is an enhanced-color view of the large double-ring crater Huygens and the surrounding heavily cratered southern highlands.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/e2b-pia26775-surface-color-m4kzus7e-2/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 21

Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the lenticular galaxy, NGC 1266. This enigmatic post-starburst galaxy has a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no discernable spiral arms.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/hubble-ngc1266-2-4f-flat-final-crop2-2/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 21

Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/moon-venus-conjunction/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 19

Beacon of Light

This latest Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy famous and appreciated among astronomers for its combination of relative proximity and spectacular features to study. It is located 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale).

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/55255325881-69941927eb-o/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 18

Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/pia26724/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 15

Fresh Food Delivery for Space Station

You're allowed to play with your food when you're on the International Space Station! To celebrate a delivery of fresh food, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left), Jessica Meir (middle left), and Chris Williams (bottom right), and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (top right) pose for a group photo.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/gmt109_22_49_chris-williams_-freshfood/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 14

Rise Goes to Washington

“Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as the Artemis II astronauts speak with congressional staff, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/artemis-ii-crew-on-capitol-hill/ nasa.gov

RSS Hunter • May 13