NASA Breaking News

10/16/11 NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map Of Earth
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
10/16/11 Three New Flight Directors Chosen To Lead NASA's Mission Control
NASA has selected three new flight directors to manage International Space Station operations.
10/13/11 NASA, NRO, USAF Establish Strategy for Certifying New Expendable Launch Vehicles
NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of commercial providers of launch vehicles used for national security space and civil space missions.

NASA Image of the Day

Stars Adorn Orion's Sword
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion -- an active stellar nursery containing thousands of young stars and developing protostars. Many will turn out like our sun. Some are even more massive. These massive stars light up the Orion nebula, which is seen here as the bright region near the center of the image. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Greetings Through Space & Time Note Cards

New for 2011 - eight new note cards! With the addition of Set 3, there are a total of 24 beautiful note cards featuring outer space imagery. Set 1 is made up entirely of Hubble pics - Cone Nebula, Ant Nebula, Keyhole Nebula, Stephan's Quintet, Tarantula Nebula, Tadpole Galaxy, Whirlpool Galaxy and two colliding galaxies. Set 2 includes three Hubble pics - V838 Monocerotis, Helix Nebula, Sombrero Galaxy, with three images from Cassini, the Mars Rover Opportunity and Kitt Peak Observatory and an artist's impression of a starbirth region in the Lynx galaxy cluster. Set 3 includes four Hubble images, one composite image from Chandra/Spitzer/Hubble, an image from Viking, one from Cassini and one from TRACE (a NASA Small Explorer mission). These otherworldly note cards can be ordered individually, or in boxed sets. Made in USA. Now with lower MSRPs!

MSRP: Individual Cards - $1.75
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Set 1

Ant NebulaCone NebulaFundamental ForcesReflection Nebula

Stephans QuintetTarantula NebulaTadpole GalaxyWhirlpool Galaxy

Set 2

Helix Nebula JupiterMega StarbirthPleiadesV838 Monocerotis

SaturnTracks on MarsSombrero Galaxy

Set 3

Antenna galaxies Eta Carina NebulaMars by VikingOrion NebulaRing Galaxy

Enceladus and rings Dusty galaxyQuiet day on the sun