When astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti received her first assignment — to spend a record 200 days aboard the International Space Station — she knew she wanted to document the opportunity of a lifetime through photography. The resulting images are breathtaking.
This is another breathtaking image from NASA. The moon was crossing the Earth with the illumination of Sun.
This breathtaking image of Pluto shows the dwarf planet’s atmosphere backlit by the sun and reveals layers of haze.
This extraordinary photo of Earth was taken one million miles away from Earth.
The Black Heroines Project began as a way to help Marc Bushelle’s 5-year-old daughter Lily learn about African-American women whose strength and courage have made a difference in the world. His photos featuring Lily beside photos of iconic women have gone viral and have led to a number of fascinating surprises.
This week’s theme for #TwitterTuesday was #Space.
#Space: The final frontier. The ultimate destination for human kind. Go boldly where no other photographer has gone before on this #TwitterTuesday, and show us your best shots from your archives!
We’ve discovered many amazing photos this week, and here’s a small inspiring selection of them in our Weekend Samplr. We hope you like them.
“I think at one point or another, every kid dreams of being an astronaut,” Tim Dodd says. “As a kid, I loved space. I had space sheets and space shuttle Legos. It’s just something that came back to me as an adult.” Now, the 29-year-old photographer from Cedar Falls, Iowa, shares his out-of-this-world passion in his hilarious photo series “Everyday Astronaut.”
Today, after more than 10 years, ESA’s comet-chasing space probe “Rosetta” finally meets up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We spoke with Mark McCaughrean who shares exciting details about Rosetta, his job as an astrophysicist as well as astrophotography with us.