Jupiter LIVES for the drama.
Just look.
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In this image we see Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io cast a shadow on its cloud tops as it transits in front of the Sun.
Due to its sheer size and orbital tilt,
the planet's many moons regularly cast their shadows upon its cloud tops.
Citizen scientist Kevin M.
Gill created this enhanced-color image using data from our Juno spacecraft's JunoCam imager while the spacecraft was about 4,885 miles (7,862 kilometers)
above the clouds.⁣
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Image credits:
NASA JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS⁣
Image processing by Kevin M.
Gill,
©
CC BY 3.0.
#nasa #jupiter #juno #junocam #space #drama #shady

"What it looks like from the space station when your best friend achieves her lifelong dream to go to space."
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From orbit,
astronaut Christina Koch (@astro_christina)
captured this photo of the second stage of the Soyuz spacecraft launch carrying Jessica Meir (@astro_jessica)
and two more space travelers:
Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori.
The Soyuz docked to the @ISS today after a four-orbit,
six-hour flight.
Scroll through for more images of the launch!⁣
⁣ #friendshipgoals #launch #spaceflight #astronauts #spacestation #nasa⁣
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Image 1:
Soyuz launch photographed from the International Space Station Wednesday,
Sept.
25,
2019,
by NASA astronaut Christina Koch.
Photo Credit:
NASA⁣
Images 2-4:
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is launched with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos,
and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Wednesday,
Sept.
25,
2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Photo Credit:
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)⁣
Image 5:
Expedition 61 astronaut Jessica Meir of NASA,
top,
spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates,
center,
and Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos,
wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for launch,
Wednesday,
Sept.
25,
2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Photo Credit:
(NASA/Bill Ingalls)⁣

Stuck on the rings 💍💍💍
From this perspective,
icy moon Tethys appears to be stuck to the A and F rings of planet Saturn!
This view from our Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera,
taken on July 14,
2014,
looks toward the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys.
North on Tethys is up and rotated 43 degrees to the right.
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Cassini launched in 1997 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at Saturn in 2004.
NASA extended its mission twice –
first for two years,
and then for seven more.
The second mission extension provided dozens of flybys of the planet's icy moons.
Cassini explored the Saturn system for 13 years,
finishing with "Grand Finale"
dives between Saturn and its rings.
The mission ended on Sept.
15,
2017.⁣
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Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute⁣
⁣ #tethys #moons #rings #saturn #cassini #solarsystem