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APOD: 2012 May 31 – Lantern Saturn
APOD: 2012 May 31 – Lantern Saturn

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2012 May 31… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD…

Bringing Black Holes Into Focus
Bringing Black Holes Into Focus

This image comparison demonstrates NuSTAR's improved ability to focus high-energy X-ray light into sharp images. The image on the left,…

NuSTAR’s Russian Doll-like Mirrors
NuSTAR’s Russian Doll-like Mirrors

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has a complex set of mirrors, or optics, that will help it see…

TRACE’s View of 2004 Venus Transit
TRACE’s View of 2004 Venus Transit

Venus appears as a black dot on the lower left edge of the sun in this image from NASA's Transition…

Splitting Titan
Splitting Titan

Light and dark halves of Titan are visible in this Cassini image which illustrates the seasonal changes in the northern…

APOD: 2012 May 30 – Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
APOD: 2012 May 30 – Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2012 May 30 – Looking… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss…

Dragon Approaches the Station
Dragon Approaches the Station

The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft approaches the International Space Station on May 25, 2012 for grapple and berthing. Expedition…

Capturing SpaceX’s Dragon
Capturing SpaceX’s Dragon

With clouds and land forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm…

Ensnaring Dragon
Ensnaring Dragon

With darkness, Earth's horizon and thin line of atmosphere forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled…

Capturing the Dragon
Capturing the Dragon

On May 25, 2012, with darkness, Earth's horizon and thin line of atmosphere forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial…