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Tonight (Aug. 19) through Wednesday, look up to see a full moon that is both:
A supermoonâwhen the Moon is within 90% of its closest approach to Earth
A blue moonâwhich doesn't necessarily mean the Moon will look blue.
What *does* it mean? Read on: go.nasa.gov/4fOuMHf
ALT A "super blue moon," which appears in this photo as a hazy shade of red, rises above the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2023. A three-pointed bridge is visible below. Image credit: NASA/Michael Democker
Happy 65th Birthday, Meatball!
NASA's first administrator announced the adoption of NASA's first logo, designed by James Modarelli, on July 15, 1959.
Want to learn more about the history of NASA's logos? We have a book on that: go.nasa.gov/4f0HTF2
ALT Workers install the NASA âmeatballâ logo on the front of the Flight Research Building, or hangar, at Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in 1962.
Astronauts, Cars, and Coffee
The Apollo 11 astronauts arrive at @NASAKennedy for some final training #OnThisDay in 1969, one week before their historic launch to the Moon!
Michael Collins commented on his photo: "Coffee was mandatory. My faithful VW Beetle in the background."
ALT Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong carries a binder and papers as he walks from the parking lot to the flight crew training building at the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, one week before the nationâs first lunar landing mission.
ALT Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin walks away from his parked Corvette Stingray as he arrives for work at Kennedy Space Center on July 9, 1969.
ALT Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins carries his coffee through a parking lot as he arrives at the flight crew training building of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, one week before the nationâs first lunar landing mission. 5 years ago today he tweeted: "One week before the launch. Coffee was mandatory. My faithful VW Beetle in the background.â
A slow-moving storm system brought intense rain and flooding to southern Florida on June 11, 2024â an event so severe it should only occur every 500-1,000 years, meteorologists say.
This map shows total rain. Data are from @nasaâs IMERG product. go.nasa.gov/45mk0D8
ALT Map of total rainfall data, in centimeters, over southern Florida on June 11, 2024. Dark red colors show the highest rainfall, over 15 centimeters. Light blue shows rainfall rates between 0-3 centimeters. There are dark red splotches over Naples and Sarasota on Floridaâs west coasts, as well as Miami on the east coast and out over the Atlantic Ocean.