Launched in October 2006, STEREO traces the flow of energy and matter from the sun to Earth. It also provides unique and revolutionary views of the sun-Earth system. STEREO has given us the first view of the entire sun on February 6, 2011 and when coupled with SDO, will give us complete views of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere for the next 8 years.
Credits: NASA Discovery was launched in the 39A pad at the Space Kennedy Center, the Shuttle initiated the final journey. The STS133 mission of this shuttle to the Internatio ...
Using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists have recently discovered a gigantic, mysterious structure in our galaxy. This feature looks like a pair of bubbles extending above and below our galaxy's center. Each lobe is 25,000 light-years tall and the whole structure may be only a few million years old.
Image credit: NASA Here is a great infographic information about Discovery Shuttle from space.com Source Space.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration ...
Can't get enough of the recent launch of Discovery? Try looking at these unique (and mind-blowing) views: http://go.nasa.gov/h399W3 [video] – NASA (NASA) http://twitter.com/NASA/status/44861768031404032