The sky on
your birthday.
MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury
The MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to orbit Mercury, concluded its mission by impacting this region yesterday. This scene, constructed from MESSENGER image and laser altimeter data, looks north over the northeastern rim of the Shakespeare basin. The large, 48-kilometer-wide crater Janacek is near the upper left. Terrain height is color-coded, with red regions about 3 kilometers above blue ones.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 1 May 2015 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 1 May 2015 · Red Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 1 May 2024 Star-studded cluster (NGC 6440 NIRCam wide-field image) See it as a poster -
Released on 1 May 2014 Ubinas Volcano Activity in Peruvian Andes See it as a poster -
Released on 1 May 2014 Galaxy cluster MACS J1720+35 See it as a poster -
Released on 1 May 2021 Perseverance from Ingenuity See it as a poster -
Released on 1 May 2018 The Aurora and the Sunrise See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 1 MAY 2015 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 MAY 2015.
Questions about May 1, 2015
What space photo was released on May 1, 2015?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 1, 2015 was "MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury". It's the card at the top of this page.
What was the Moon's phase on May 1, 2015?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 94% lit.
What day of the week was May 1, 2015?
May 1, 2015 was a Friday, day 121 of the 365 days in 2015.
Was there a meteor shower on May 1, 2015?
Yes: the Eta Aquariid shower, peaks in 5 days.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 1, 2015?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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