Pic of the Day – 3/8/19

A nighttime rocket launch from Vandenburg AFB, 12/22/2017.

Cruising in NASA’s Mars Rover with Neil deGrasse Tyson

On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stephen and renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson take a mock-up of NASA’s new Mars rover for a spin.

Pic of the Day – 9/30/18

A sunset on Mars.

Launch Pad Tour with Tory Bruno, CEO of ULA (Delta IV Heavy)

Destin of SmarterEveryDay gets his space geek on with a personal tour of the Delta IV Heavy’s launch pad facility.

The AMAZING Design of the Parker Solar Probe

Destin of SmarterEveryDay went to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to talk with the people who designed the Parker Solar Probe:

Pic of the Day – 6/19/18

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, with a silhouette of North America for size comparison.

Pic of the Day – 5/3/18

Happy birthday to me! This is Jupiter’s moon Io, taken by Galileo on 9/19/1997, courtesy of NASA and JPL.

Pic of the Day – 2/27/18

The Hephaestus Fossae crater on Mars, taken by NASA’s Express Orbiter on 12/28/2007.

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Great Red Spot

Juno also got some amazing footage of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.

Jupiter from Juno at Perijove

NASA’s Juno reached perijove (the point at which an orbit comes closest to Jupiter’s center) on July 10 at 6:55 p.m. PDT.