NASA: Week in Photos

"Crab" Nebula
Nebula larger than 10 light-years in diameter, in the center of which lies a pulsar (a neutron star). The nebula was formed in a supernova explosion, and was discovered in 1054, according to the records of the chroniclers.





"Eye to eye»
Chief test pilot NACA (The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics) Melvin Cough in Langley hangar before the test aircraft. Photo 1943.



The collision iceberg in Antarctica
Oblong iceberg, about the size of Rhode Island, called In-09B faced Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica.



"The wind of change»
This image is one of the brightest galaxies (NGC 1068) containing a rapidly growing supermassive black holes. X-rays showed that the center of the galaxy, "wind" in different directions, at a rate of about a million miles per hour.



«Huygens» Titan
In 2005, the probe «Huygens» landed on Titan (Saturn) and sent the first photo. The above image is a concept based on the received images and illustrates the probe on the surface of the satellite.


Mosaic "Cassiopeia»
This mosaic image in the constellation of "Cassiopeia" galaxy "Milky Way" is called - IC 1805 and is located 6,000 light-years from Earth.



Snapshot ISS
We see a radar image of the International Space Station, made the passing satellite.



Meeting of heads of
March 11, 2010 in Tokyo, hosted a meeting of heads of space agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States on cooperation in the framework of the program on the use of the ISS.



Enceladus "bursting at the seams»
Saturn - Enceladus ejects into space the evaporation of water and ice particles. The pictures were taken spacecraft "Cassini".



Global Map of Mercury
The first global map of Mercury in High Definition has been made public. Scientists mapped on the basis of images obtained in the course of 10 missions 1974-75.

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