NASA Pic of the Day: A Scientist on the Moon

This here is scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, star of the below photo:

"Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt stands by the American flag during a moonwalk on the Apollo 17 mission. Home, that small dot in the blackness of space above the flag, is a quarter-million miles away.

Schmitt, Gene Cernan and Ron Evans made the Apollo program's final journey to the moon in December 1972, 36 years ago this week."

This image makes me proud to be an American, an Earthling, a human being, and a lover of science, technology, and exploration.

Fab work, NASA. And fab work Mr. Harrison H. Schmitt.

Fun Fact: Harrison Schmitt and fellow crew mate Gene Cernan were the last two human beings to walk on the moon.

NASA Pic of the Day - A Tectonic Feast

A Tectonic Feast

On Oct. 5, 2008, just after coming within about 15 miles of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn. Craters and cratered terrains are rare in this view of the southern region of the moon's Saturn-facing hemisphere. Instead, the surface is replete with fractures, folds, and ridges--all hallmarks of remarkable tectonic activity for a relatively small world.

Nice going, NASA!

NASA Picture of the Day - Making the Grade

Making the Grade

"STS-126 pilot Eric Boe inspects the liquid oxygen line connection on the belly of space shuttle Endeavour, following landing at Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Image Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas"

Nice shootin' Carla!

I like space shuttles. I like to tickle space shuttle's belly when I am underneath.