NASA/JPL releases a set of amazing interstellar travel posters

By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore and Space Travel Ed.

NASA/JPL has just released some pretty amazing and aspirational travel posters.  "As you look through these images of imaginative travel destinations, remember that you can be an architect of the future."  Jump here to see the entire set and download any or all of them.  

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Pluto from September 2015

Photos courtesy of NASA/JPL

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Photo: Margaret Hamilton with a printout of the Apollo 11 software

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Middle finger of the day: the sun gives earth the finger

By Mona Goldwater

Thanks to Kristopher Skelton for sending us this most excellent Finger Of The Day.  From Philip Plait's Google+ page, and originally from NASA/JPL.

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Daybreak on Mars, at Gale Crater

Image Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - click to enlarge

This image shows Mars between darkness and daylight, and includes a glimpse of the Gale Crater. Gale is the crater with a mound inside it near the center of the image. Gale Crater will be the landing site for Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory. The mission's rover will be placed on the ground in Gale Crater in August 2012.   Gale Crater is 96 miles in diameter with a mountain rising about 3 miles (higher than Mt. Rainier) above the crater floor. This image was captured from the Mars Orbiter.

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