Jason Major

The Apollo 11 site imaged at various times of the lunar day by LRO. Descent stage at center; at "noon" you can see trails by boot prints.

16mm film camera footage showing the descent and landing of the Apollo 11 LM Eagle on July 20, 1969. You can see the boulder field that Neil Armstrong had to avoid by continuing further west, passing over Little West crater and touching down about 60 meters beyond.

NASA’s Viking 1 lander touched down on Mars 50 years ago today. 30 years later, our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the site from space. Today, NASA’s orbiters and rovers continue to uncover the story of the Red Planet and prepare the way for future exploration.

There aren't many photos showing Neil Armstrong on the Moon during the #Apollo11 moonwalks, simply because Neil took most of the photos. This one—a crop and edit of AS11-40-5894—shows Neil in the shadows next to the LM. There's noise and glare from the film scanner, but it's him.

The Apollo 11 landing site with the lunar module descent stage casting a shadow toward Little West crater, imaged with the Orbiter High Resolution Camera on India's Chandrayaan-2 from an altitude of 100 km (62 miles) on April 2, 2021

Color 16mm film footage from Apollo 11's landing on the Moon 57 years ago today. Captured with a Maurer Data Acquisition Camera mounted to the window inside the LM.

Earth and the Moon captured by @NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013 from Saturn orbit, over 900 million miles away.

@BrianRoemmele I debunked this a few years back. It’s a calm pond with dirt poking out of it. You’re seeing the dirt reflecting off itself.

On this day 1969 Apollo 11 Arrives in Lunar Orbit 16mm footage captured from the spacecraft window, including Earthrise at the end. Upscaled, Interpolated and Music by Moonpans Origianl footage source: Apollo Flight Journal

Al atardecer, se capturó una hermosa alineación entre un arcoíris y una montaña. La majestuosa sombra de la montaña parece apuntar al centro del elegante arco. Debido a la perspectiva y la línea de visión, la sombra de la montaña forma naturalmente una figura triangular cónica, con su ápice posicionado en el punto opuesto al Sol en el horizonte. Después de las tormentas eléctricas en la región, el arcoíris se formó con su característico arco de 42 grados, a medida que la luz solar es refractada y reflejada por las gotas de agua atmosféricas. ©️Dave Loschiavo. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260718.…

At the @NASAAmes booth at Open Sauce they had sections of the Orion heat shield from Artemis 1 and 2 side by side for comparison. So you can see the spallation effects up close.

35mm film photo taken from ~260 km altitude by John Glenn during the Mercury-Atlas 6 orbital mission on February 20, 1962

Schiller Crater: The Moon’s Elongated Enigma Nestled on the southwestern near side of the Moon you will find one of the oddest looking craters on the lunar surface. Measuring 179 km long by 71 km wide, Schiller's strange form sets it apart from far more common circular impact craters. This strange elongation likely stems from the merger of multiple craters, further emphasized by its position near the lunar limb. The crater boasts terraced inner walls and a mostly flat floor flooded by ancient lava. A striking double ridge runs through the northwest section of the floor. At about 2.5 km deep, Schiller offers a fascinating look at the Moon’s ancient past. This view is captured approaching local sunset across the region.

Lunar South-West Libration Zone After capturing Saturn on the 9th, I turned my telescope to the Moon and recorded what is easily my best image yet of this elusive libration zone, revealing features that only swing into view for a short time thanks to the Moon’s natural wobble. In the upper left is Hausen (163 km). Just below and to its right lies the vast walled plain Bailly (300 km), the largest such feature on the lunar near side. Time has worn it down so thoroughly that only a faint, ghostly outline remains. Off to the upper right is Drygalski (162 km). Both Drygalski and Hausen would rank among the most impressive craters on the near side if they were located in more favorable positions. The real bonus that morning was the near-perfect lighting, which beautifully revealed the subtle topography across the whole region.

SwRI in the news: NASA’s New Horizons Could Hit The Edge Of The Solar System As Early As 2029 Or As Late As 2040 ow.ly/BxY650ZmoC6

#PPOD: The Tallest Peaks 🪐 Vertical structures, among the tallest seen in #Saturn's main rings, rise abruptly from the edge of Saturn's B ring, casting long shadows on the ring in this image taken by NASA's @CassiniSaturn two weeks before the planet's August 2009 equinox. Part of the Cassini Division, between the B and the A rings, appears at the top of the image, showing ringlets in the inner division. Cassini scientists believe this is a prominent region at the outer edge of the B ring where large bodies, or moonlets, up to 1 kilometer in size are found. It is possible that these bodies significantly affect the ring material streaming past them, forcing the particles upward in a "splashing" manner. Credit: @NASA @NASAJPL @SpaceScienceIns / CICLOPS #planetaryscience

✨What you see is the protostar HH 211. It's about 35,000 years old, only 6% the mass of the Sun, and located 1,000 light-years away. It has a bright bipolar jet, and it's one of the few known cases where a magnetic field has been detected ➡️almaobservatory.org/en/audiences/a…

Opportunity's shadow on the surface of Mars🔴a view captured by @NASAJPL's rover on July 10, 2017

POV of the space shuttle pitch maneuver! I filmed this from Endeavour on STS-126. The RPM was standard safety procedure to expose the heat shield to ISS for inspection. My commander was gracious enough to let me put a camera on the window to get this, now one of few such videos!

A new result using NASA’s @chandraxray shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky Way galaxy may reach wider than previously thought. This finding may lead astronomers to adjust their understanding of our home galaxy’s structure. READ MORE: go.nasa.gov/3QYH9ZS