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Gemini with Agena on Earth
Title Gemini with Agena on Earth
Full Description Gemini 6 spacecraft (right) and Agena Target Vehicle (left) on the Boresight Range Tower for at the Kennedy Space Center to test the two spacecrafts? docking capability. Agena was designed to launch separately from Gemini and act as a target for astronauts in a Gemini spacecraft to rendezvous with. Gemini 6 was slated to be the first mission to dock with Agena, but a malfunction with the unmanned target resulted in new objectives for Gemini 6 calling for a one day rendezvous with Gemini 7 in December, 1965.
Date 1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini 11 maintenance
Title Gemini 11 maintenance
Full Description The Gemini 11 spacecraft is lowered onto a dolly for preflight maintenance before stacking on the Titan rocket at the Kennedy Space Center. Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad would liftoff in this spacecraft on September 12, 1966 for a mission lasting almost three days. The crew practiced docking with the Agena unmanned docking craft, and Gordon also performed two spacewalks during the mission.
Date 07/21/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp w …
Title Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp watching recovery of Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Crewmen of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp gather on deck to watch the recovery of the Gemini 6 spacecraft and astronauts. The Gemini spacecraft is being hoisted along the side of the ship by crane.
Date Taken 1965-12-16
Gemini 11 spacecraft on the …
Title Gemini 11 spacecraft on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam
Description The Gemini 11 spacecraft is lowered onto a dolly on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam, prime recovery vessel for the Gemini 11 mission.
Date Taken 1966-09-15
Schirra, Stafford and Gemini …
Title Schirra, Stafford and Gemini on Deck
Full Description Astronaut Walter H. Schirra Jr. (on right), Command pilot, climbs from his Gemini VI spacecraft as he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. They are assisted by various McDonell Douglas technicians. The Gemini VI spacecraft splashed down in the western Atlantic recover area at 10:29 a.m. (EST) December 16, 1965, after a successful 25 hr. 52 minute mission in space.
Date 12/16/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Gemini North Images Bow Shoc …
Title Gemini North Images Bow Shock Near Galactic Center
Explanation What's going on near the center of our Galaxy? Glowing across the electromagnetic spectrum [ http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html ], the center of our Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/milky_way.html ] is thought to be home to massive stars, rotating gas rings [ http://www.astronomica.org/Gallery/infrared/infrared23.html ], and a massive black hole [ http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/staff/hfalcke/bh/sld1.html ]. Now the central Galactic zoo [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000120.html ] just got larger. The 8-meter Gemini North telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990629.html ] in Hawaii [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980725.html ] in its first scientific observation has just imaged the Galactic Center [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990911.html ] and revealed a star only three light years out colliding with gas and dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990509.html ]. The bow shock [ http://www.windows.ucar.edu/glossary/bow_shock.html ], similar to that caused by a boat moving through water, appears arrow-shaped and is visible on the upper right of the above photograph [ http://www.gemini.edu/galactic.html ] taken in representative infrared [ http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/infrared.html ] colors. Gemini [ http://www.gemini.edu/ ]'s new flexible-mirror [ http://www.gemini.edu/public/adaptive.html ] technology has imaged this structure [ http://www.gemini.edu/project/announcements/press/2000-2.html ], known as IRS8 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001017.html http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1994A%26A...292L...9A ], in finer detail than ever before.
AFGL 2591: A Massive Star Ac …
Title AFGL 2591: A Massive Star Acts Up
Explanation Young star AFGL 2591 is putting on a show. The massive star is expelling outer layers of dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010813.html ]-laced gas as gravity pulls inner material toward the surface. AFGL 2591 [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000ApJ...541L..63M ] is estimated to be about one million years old -- much younger than our own Sun [ http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html ]'s 5 billion-year age -- and has created a nebula over 500 times the diameter of our Solar System [ http://www.nineplanets.org/overview.html ] in just the past 10,000 years. The above image [ http://www.gemini.edu/project/announcements/press/2001-1.html ] in infrared light [ http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Outreach/Edu/infrared.html ] is one of the first from the new NIRI instrument [ http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/instruments/niri/NIRIIndex.html ] mounted on one of the largest ground-based optical telescopes [ http://www.seds.org/billa/bigeyes.html ] in the world: Gemini North [ http://www.gemini.edu/public/ ]. Sharp details are discernable that are blocked by opaque dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990509.html ] in visible-light [ http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html ] images. Close inspection of the image [ http://www.gemini.edu/project/announcements/press/2001-1.html ] reveals at least four expanding rings, indicating an episodic origin to the mysterious activity. AFGL 2591 lies about 3000 light years [ http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html ] away toward the constellation [ http://www.att.virtualclassroom.org/vc99/vc_04/cons_stars/cons/hist_cons.html ] of Cygnus [ http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/cygnus/ ].
Lovell and Aldrin on Deck
Title Lovell and Aldrin on Deck
Full Description Astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. are welcomed aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp after their Gemini 12 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Date 11/15/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp w …
Title Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp watching recovery of Gemini 6 spacecraft
Description Crewmen of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp gather on deck to watch the recovery of the Gemini 6 spacecraft and astronauts. Note the signs hanging from the railings which say "Seasons Greetings from WASP" and "Spirit of 76".
Date Taken 1965-12-16
Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp w …
Title Crewmen of the U.S.S. Wasp watching recovery of Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description Crewmen of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp gather on deck to watch the recovery of the Gemini 7 spacecraft and astronauts. Note the signs hanging from the railings which say "Seasons Greetings from WASP" and "Spirit of 76".
Date Taken 1965-12-18
Double Supernova Remnants DE …
Title Double Supernova Remnants DEM L316
Explanation Are these two supernova shells related? To help find out, the 8-meter Gemini Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030909.html ] located high atop a mountain in Chile [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile ] was pointed at the unusual, huge, double-lobed cloud dubbed DEM L316 [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...635.1077W ]. The resulting image, shown above [ http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=265 ], yields tremendous detail. Inspection of the image as well as data taken [ http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/d316/ ] by the orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory [ http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/spacecraft.html ] indicate how different the two supernova remnants [ http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/supernova_remnants.html ] are. In particular, the smaller shell appears to be the result of Type Ia supernova [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Ia_supernova ] where a white dwarf [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050123.html ] exploded, while the larger shell appears to be the result of a Type II supernova [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_II_supernova ] where a massive normal star exploded. Since those two stellar types evolve on such different time scales [ http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/evolve/evolve.htm ], they likely did not form together and so are likely not physically associated. Considering also that no evidence exists that the shell [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051226.html ]s are colliding, the two shells [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/01/11/aas-18-two-supernovae-no-waiting/ ] are now hypothesized to be superposed by chance. DEM L316 [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001PASJ...53...99N ] lies about 160,000 light years [ http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html ] away in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060510.html ] (LMC) galaxy, spans about 140 light-years across, and appears toward the southern constellation of the Swordfish [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish ] (Dorado [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorado ]).
In the Center of the Trifid …
Title In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
Explanation Clouds of glowing gas mingle with lanes of dark dust in the Trifid Nebula [ http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m020.html ], a star forming region toward the constellation [ http://www.att.virtualclassroom.org/vc99/vc_04/cons_stars/cons/hist_cons.html ] of Sagittarius [ http://www.astronomical.org/constellations/sgr.html ]. In the center, the three huge dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990509.html ] lanes that give the Trifid [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020424.html ] its name all come together. Mountains [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011230.html ] of opaque dust appear on the lower left, while filaments of dust are visible threaded throughout the nebula. A single massive star [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2001ApJ...562..446R ] visible near the center causes much of the Trifid's glow [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980828.html ]. The Trifid, also known as M20 [ http://www.astrocruise.com/m20.htm ], is only about 300,000 years old, making it among the youngest emission nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/emission_nebulae.html ] known. The nebula lies about 5000 light years [ http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html ] away and part pictured above spans about 20 light years. The above false-color digitally enhanced image [ http://www.gemini.edu/media/images_2002-10.html ] was taken with the Gemini North telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990629.html ] earlier this month.
NGC 6946: The Fireworks Gala …
Title NGC 6946: The Fireworks Galaxy
Explanation Why is this galaxy so active? Nearby spiral galaxy NGC 6946 [ http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n6946.html ] is undergoing a tremendous burst of star formation with no obvious cause. In many cases spirals light up when interacting with another galaxy, but NGC 6946 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040410.html ] appears relatively isolated in space. Located just 10 million light years [ http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html ] away toward the constellation [ http://www.fillingthesky.com/id8.html ] of Cepheus [ http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=20 ], this beautiful face-on spiral [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041216.html ] spans about 20,000 light years and is seen through a field of foreground stars from our Milky Way Galaxy [ http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html ]. The center of NGC 6946 [ http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=116 ] is home to a nuclear starburst itself, and picturesque dark dust is seen lacing the disk along with bright blue stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031227.html ], red emission nebulas [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/emission_nebulae.html ], fast moving gas clouds, and unusually frequent supernovas [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/snr.html ]. The 8-meter Gemini North Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990629.html ] in Hawaii, USA [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html ], took the above image [ http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?set_albumName=Previous-Featured-Images&id=ngc6946_Small&option=com_gallery&Itemid=39&include=view_photo.php ]. A suggested explanation [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000MNRAS.319..821P ] for the high star formation rate is the recent accretion of many primordial low-mass neutral hydrogen clouds [ http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/clouds_hydrogen_swarm_andromeda.html?422004 ] from the surrounding region.
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong …
Title Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong during water egress training
Description Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Gemini 5 backup crew command pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training in the Gulf.
Date Taken 1965-07-16
Crew of Gemini 10 talk on li …
Title Crew of Gemini 10 talk on live radio during welcoming ceremonies on ship
Description The crew of Gemini 10 space flight, Astronauts John Young (left) and Michael Collins, talk on live radio and television during welcome aboard ceremonies on the deck of the U.S.S. Guadalcanal.
Date Taken 1966-07-21
Gemini 11 prime crew during …
Title Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. (left), pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, relax on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1966-07-13
Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Title Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Full Description Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean.
Date 08/29/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Charles Conrad dur …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad during water egress training
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Gemini 5 pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training. The rubber "hat" on Conrad's head is a neck dam and pulls down and fits tightly around the collar of his suit to prevent water from entering the suit.
Date 07.21.1965
Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr. …
Title Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr. during water egress training
Description Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr., Gemini 5 backup crew pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training in the Gulf.
Date 07.16.1965
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong …
Title Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong during water egress training
Description Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Gemini 5 backup crew command pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training in the Gulf.
Date 07.16.1965
Gemini 8 crew stands on deck …
Title Gemini 8 crew stands on deck of recovery vessel
Description Astronauts David R. Scott (left), pilot, and Neil A. Armstrong, command pilot, stand on the deck of the destroyer U.S.S. Leonard F. Mason upon its arrival at Nahs, Okinawa.
Date Taken 1966-03-17
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1966-01-15
Astronauts Conrad and Gordon …
Title Astronauts Conrad and Gordon arrive aboard U.S.S. Guam
Description The Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon Jr. stand on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam after being recovered by helicopter from the splashdown area.
Date Taken 1966-09-15
General Description S66-50756 (09/15/66) - The Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. stand on the deck of the U.S.S. Guam after being recovered by helicopter from the splashdown area.
Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr. …
Title Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr. during water egress training
Description Astronaut Elliot M. See Jr., Gemini 5 backup crew pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training in the Gulf.
Date Taken 1965-07-16
Astronaut Charles Conrad dur …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad during water egress training
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Gemini 5 pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training. The rubber "hat" on Conrad's head is a neck dam and pulls down and fits tightly around the collar of his suit to prevent water from entering the suit.
Date Taken 1965-07-21
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper J …
Title Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. during water egress training
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Gemini 5 command pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be lowered from the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever for water egress training in the Gulf.
Date Taken 1965-07-21
Gemini 8 crew stands on deck …
Title Gemini 8 crew stands on deck of recovery vessel
Description The Gemini 8 crew stands on the deck of the recovery vessel, the U.S.S. Leonard F. Mason, with three U.S. Air Force pararescue men. Left to right (standing) are Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, command pilot, A/2C Glenn M. Moore, Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot, kneeling, left to right are A/1C Eldridge M. Neal, and S/Sgt Larry D. Huyett.
Date Taken 1966-03-17
Astronaut Eugene Cernan afte …
Title Astronaut Eugene Cernan after suiting up for water egress training
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, prime crew pilot of the Gemini 9 space flight, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1966-04-09
Gemini 11 prime crew during …
Title Gemini 11 prime crew during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Gemini 11 prime crew, Astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr. (left), pilot, and Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, relax on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico.
Date 07.13.1966
Giant Radio Jet Coming from …
Title Giant Radio Jet Coming from Wrong Kind of Galaxy
General Information What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Back to top [ #top ]
Big Galaxy in Baby Universe
Title Big Galaxy in Baby Universe
Description NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes combined forces to uncover one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. The faraway galaxy, named HUDF-JD2 (in green circles) is not seen in Hubble's visible-light image (upper right), but was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer (lower left). It appears even brighter at the longer infrared wavelengths, as revealed by the Spitzer infrared camera (lower right). At visible wavelengths, the light from the galaxy is absorbed by intervening hydrogen gas, and so the galaxy appears faint in the Hubble visible and near-infrared images. The surprise is how bright is appears to Spitzer in the infrared, suggesting a very massive and distant galaxy.
Big Galaxy in Baby Universe
Title Big Galaxy in Baby Universe
Description NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes combined forces to uncover one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. The faraway galaxy, named HUDF-JD2 (in green circles) is not seen in Hubble's visible-light image (upper right), but was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer (lower left). It appears even brighter at the longer infrared wavelengths, as revealed by the Spitzer infrared camera (lower right). At visible wavelengths, the light from the galaxy is absorbed by intervening hydrogen gas, and so the galaxy appears faint in the Hubble visible and near-infrared images. The surprise is how bright is appears to Spitzer in the infrared, suggesting a very massive and distant galaxy.
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up T …
Title Spitzer and Hubble Team Up To Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Newborn Universe
Description This image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are used to identify one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. This galaxy is unusually massive for its youthful age of 800 million years. (After the Big Bang, the Milky Way by comparison, is approximately 13 billion years old.) [Left] - The galaxy, named HUDF-JD2, was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest images of the universe ever made at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. [Upper Right] - A blow-up of one small area of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is used to identify where the distant galaxy is located (inside green circle). This indicates that the galaxy's visible light has been absorbed by traveling billions of light-years through intervening hydrogen. [Center Right] - The galaxy was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer. But at near-infrared wavelengths it is very faint and red. [Bottom Right] - The Spitzer infrared array camera, easily detects the galaxy at longer infrared wavelengths. The instrument is sensitive to the light from older, redder stars which should make up most of the mass in a galaxy. The brightness of the infrared galaxy suggests that it is quite massive.
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up T …
Title Spitzer and Hubble Team Up To Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Newborn Universe
Description This image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are used to identify one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. This galaxy is unusually massive for its youthful age of 800 million years. (After the Big Bang, the Milky Way by comparison, is approximately 13 billion years old.) [Left] - The galaxy, named HUDF-JD2, was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest images of the universe ever made at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. [Upper Right] - A blow-up of one small area of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is used to identify where the distant galaxy is located (inside green circle). This indicates that the galaxy's visible light has been absorbed by traveling billions of light-years through intervening hydrogen. [Center Right] - The galaxy was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer. But at near-infrared wavelengths it is very faint and red. [Bottom Right] - The Spitzer infrared array camera, easily detects the galaxy at longer infrared wavelengths. The instrument is sensitive to the light from older, redder stars which should make up most of the mass in a galaxy. The brightness of the infrared galaxy suggests that it is quite massive.
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up T …
Title Spitzer and Hubble Team Up To Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Newborn Universe
Description This image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are used to identify one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. This galaxy is unusually massive for its youthful age of 800 million years. (After the Big Bang, the Milky Way by comparison, is approximately 13 billion years old.) [Left] - The galaxy, named HUDF-JD2, was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest images of the universe ever made at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. [Upper Right] - A blow-up of one small area of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is used to identify where the distant galaxy is located (inside green circle). This indicates that the galaxy's visible light has been absorbed by traveling billions of light-years through intervening hydrogen. [Center Right] - The galaxy was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer. But at near-infrared wavelengths it is very faint and red. [Bottom Right] - The Spitzer infrared array camera, easily detects the galaxy at longer infrared wavelengths. The instrument is sensitive to the light from older, redder stars which should make up most of the mass in a galaxy. The brightness of the infrared galaxy suggests that it is quite massive.
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up T …
Title Spitzer and Hubble Team Up To Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Newborn Universe
Description This image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are used to identify one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. This galaxy is unusually massive for its youthful age of 800 million years. (After the Big Bang, the Milky Way by comparison, is approximately 13 billion years old.) [Left] - The galaxy, named HUDF-JD2, was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest images of the universe ever made at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. [Upper Right] - A blow-up of one small area of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is used to identify where the distant galaxy is located (inside green circle). This indicates that the galaxy's visible light has been absorbed by traveling billions of light-years through intervening hydrogen. [Center Right] - The galaxy was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer. But at near-infrared wavelengths it is very faint and red. [Bottom Right] - The Spitzer infrared array camera, easily detects the galaxy at longer infrared wavelengths. The instrument is sensitive to the light from older, redder stars which should make up most of the mass in a galaxy. The brightness of the infrared galaxy suggests that it is quite massive.
Spitzer and Hubble Team Up T …
Title Spitzer and Hubble Team Up To Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Newborn Universe
Description This image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are used to identify one of the most distant galaxies ever seen. This galaxy is unusually massive for its youthful age of 800 million years. (After the Big Bang, the Milky Way by comparison, is approximately 13 billion years old.) [Left] - The galaxy, named HUDF-JD2, was pinpointed among approximately 10,000 others in a small area of sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. This is the deepest images of the universe ever made at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. [Upper Right] - A blow-up of one small area of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is used to identify where the distant galaxy is located (inside green circle). This indicates that the galaxy's visible light has been absorbed by traveling billions of light-years through intervening hydrogen. [Center Right] - The galaxy was detected using Hubble's near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer. But at near-infrared wavelengths it is very faint and red. [Bottom Right] - The Spitzer infrared array camera, easily detects the galaxy at longer infrared wavelengths. The instrument is sensitive to the light from older, redder stars which should make up most of the mass in a galaxy. The brightness of the infrared galaxy suggests that it is quite massive.
Saturn and the Moon Dance Th …
Description Saturn and the Moon Dance This Weekend
Full Description From now through mid-2006, it's Saturn time again. The planet Saturn returns to our early evening sky this month to the delight of stargazers everywhere. Saturn, the Jewel of the Solar System, rises from the Northeastern horizon after 8:00 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 18, the moon appears close to the ringed planet, as shown in this sky map. Through a small telescope, observers will see Saturn and its rings. In binoculars, Saturn will appear as a golden oval and the rings may be visible. To the unaided eye, Saturn will appear as a pale golden "star" to the lower right of the moon. The moon and Saturn appear larger on the sky chart. Two stars are shown on the sky map. These are Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini. On December 17, look for the two stars near the moon. If sky watchers miss this moon-and-Saturn lineup, there's no need to worry. The celestial dance is visible every month, and the moon appears near Saturn again, but even earlier in the evening and higher in the sky, on Jan. 14 and 15, and again on Feb. 10 and 11, 2006. More Saturn viewing information can be found on our Cassini Kids activity page.
Date December 16, 2005
Astronauts White and McDivit …
Title Astronauts White and McDivitt arrive on flight deck of U.S.S. Wasp
Description The red carpet treatment is give Astronauts Edward H. White II (left) and James A. McDivitt (center) as they arrive on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp at the end of their Gemini 4 mission. They are accompanied by Capt. J.W. Conger (left) commander of the ship and Rear Adm. W. M. McCormick, Commander, Carrier Division 14, Atlantic Fleet.
Date Taken 1965-06-03
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad …
Title Astronauts Cooper and Conrad on deck of U.S.S. Lake Champlain after recovery
Description Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following recovery from the ocean. They had completed their Gemini 5 mission.
Date Taken 1965-08-29
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot for the Gemini 11 mission, relaxes on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico.
Date Taken 1966-07-13
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. …
Title Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico
Description Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot for the Gemini 11 mission, relaxes on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in Gulf of Mexico.
Date 07.13.1966
Astronaut David Scott underg …
Title Astronaut David Scott undergoes water egress training
Description Astronaut David R. Scott, pilot of the Gemini 8 prime crew, stands on deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date 01.15.1966
IC 443: High School Students …
Name IC 443: High School Students Discover Neutron Star Using Chandra and VLA Data
Category Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries Supernovas & Supernova Remnants
Release Date December 11, 2000
Too Fast, Too Furious: A Gal …
Title Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy's Fatal Plunge
General Information What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Back to top [ #top ]
Too Fast, Too Furious: A Gal …
Title Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy's Fatal Plunge
General Information What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Back to top [ #top ]
Too Fast, Too Furious: A Gal …
Title Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy's Fatal Plunge
General Information What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Back to top [ #top ]
Too Fast, Too Furious: A Gal …
Title Too Fast, Too Furious: A Galaxy's Fatal Plunge
General Information What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Back to top [ #top ]
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