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Titan and Dione
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is shown along with Saturn's third-largest moon, Dione, in this photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings appear in the background. The side of Titan is the anti-Saturn side which is the side NOT seen from Saturn.
Titan is 3200 miles across and Dione is just under 700 miles across.
The photo was taken May 21, 2011 at a distance of about 1.4 million miles from Titan and 2 million miles from Dione.
Curiosity launches to Mars on Saturday
Curiosity was successfully launched this morning!
Five of Saturn's moons
Five of Saturn's moons. Photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft in July 2011. From left to right are Janus, Pandora (in the rings), Enceladus, Mimas, and Rhea.
New Moon Landing Sites Photos Are So Sharp They Show Detailed Rover Tire Marks
Very cool photographs of the Apollo 17 lunar landing site.
Vesta in breathtaking detail
Booster Camera Video of Atlantis Launch
Cameras mounted on the two solid rocket boosters that helped propel space shuttle Atlantis into orbit on July 8 provide unique angles of the launch from the Kennedy Space Center and their subsequent water landing downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
A different perspective
I just love these photos of the space shuttle taken from the International Space Station. This is a recent NASA photo of Atlantis.
Very cool picture of Endeavour!
Very cool picture of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it docked with the International Space Station on May 18, 2011. Click on the image for a larger view.
Endeavour launches successfully
The good news is that Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully launched this morning on its final mission. The bad news is that I forgot to set the DVR for Kevin to watch when he comes back from school. I turned on the DVR literally as Endeavour was lifting off from the launch pad.
