The image of the stickney crater, the largest crater on the Martian moon Phobos,is named for mathematician Chole Angeline Stickney. Over 9 km across, it is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself.
Soyuz descent Module interior. ππ
The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared. Credit:WISE,IRSA,NASA
February 4, 1970 β At Cape Canaveral, Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell trains for a moonwalk heβll never make.
The Orion Nebula [2633 x 3972]
happy birthday to vladimir mikhailovich komarov, who was born on this day in 1927!π π the cosmonaut who bravely sacrificed himself for his friend - yuri gagarin on the unfortunate soyuz 1 mission. remember to remind your friends that you care about them and cherish your friendships - because you never know when it might be for the last time.
The arcing interstellar bow wave is created by the star Zeta Ophiuchi. The bluish star at the centre is Zeta Oph, a star 20 times more massive and 65,000 times more luminous than our Sun. Credit:NASA,JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Greyscale astronaut!Β
(This is also on redbubble)