“Blue Supermoon Rises over the “Rocket City” – A supermoon rises over Huntsville, Alabama, home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Aug. 19. Visible through Wednesday, Aug. 21, the full Moon is both a supermoon and a Blue Moon. Supermoons are the biggest and brightest full Moons of the year because the Moon is within 90% of its closest point to Earth. While not blue in color, the third full Moon in a season with four full Moons is called a “Blue Moon.” Huntsville is known as the “Rocket City” because of its proximity to NASA Marshall, which manages vital propulsion systems and hardware, launch vehicles, engineering technologies, and cutting-edge science for the agency. | NASA/Michael DeMocker
NASA has announced the winners of its annual Photographer of the Year Awards with Michael Democker taking home the top prize.
The competition covered the best pictures taken in 2024 and are all shot on Earth. Astronauts such as Don Pettit — who have captured amazing photos from space — don’t appear to be eligible.
‘NASA Teams Prepare Artemis II Rocket Stage for Shipment’ – This photo shows NASA and Boeing, the SLS core stage lead contractor, preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for shipment at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. On July 6, NASA and Boeing moved the Artemis II rocket stage to Building 110. The move comes as teams prepare to roll the massive rocket stage with its four RS-25 engines to the agency’s Pegasus barge for delivery to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in mid-July. Prior to the move, technicians began removing external access stands, or scaffolding, surrounding the core stage to assess the interior elements, including its complex avionics and flight propulsion systems. The stage is fully manufactured at NASA Michoud. | NASA/Michael DeMockerProduction Photography of Lunar Terrain Vehicle Ground Test Unit. | NASA / BILL STAFFORD AND HELEN ARASE VARGASNASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on October 24, 2024. | Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space CenterNASA astronaut Kate Rubins conducts a tool audit to ensure she has all of her tools while NASA astronaut Andre Douglas reviews procedures during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024. | NASA/Josh ValcarcelEngineers and Technicians from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center crawl under the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft to inspect the +X side during payload processing at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, FL on January 27th, 2024. | NASA/Denny HenryNASA astronaut Zena Cardman at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024. | Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space CenterChris Henze demonstrates the newly upgraded hyperwall visualization system to Center Director Eugene Tu, Deputy Center Director David Korsmeyer, and NAS Division management in N258. | NASA/BRANDON TORRESThe NASA T-34 Plane, waiting to take flight inside the NASA Glenn Research Center Hanger. | Jef Janis- NASA Glenn Research CenterNASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a nighttime advanced technology run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. The monocular lens consists of a pico-projector and waveguide optical element to focus an image for the crew to see their real-world overlaid with digital information. These unique near-eye form factors may be used to improve the usability and minimally impact the complex biomechanics of working in a pressurized suit environment. | NASA/Josh ValcarcelNASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her suit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024. | Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space CenterNASA astronaut Andre Douglas raises an American flag as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins looks on during their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 2024. | NASA/Josh Valcarcel
NASA frequently uploads photos to Flickr. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is one of the best pages to see fantastic space imagery.
