It’s NASA’s 60th birthday Oct 1, 2018

It’s NASA’s 60th birthday

For some Monday inspiration, we’re looking to the sky. In honor of NASA’s 60th anniversary, these are the contrails from a 2007 liftoff of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which transported astronauts to space and back for 30 years before being retired here, at Kennedy Space Center, where visitors can view it in person.

© TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 1, 2019It s Coffee Day
Oct 1, 2020A lunar lantern celebration
Oct 1, 2021What s better than a smile?
Oct 1, 2022Yosemite National Park turns 132
Oct 1, 2023Lake Bled, Slovenia
Oct 1, 2024Yosemite National Park anniversary
Oct 1, 2025Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 10, 2025Hay bales in North Yorkshire, England
Feb 19, 2023Humpback whales in Maui, Hawaii
Apr 8, 2020Santorini through the clouds
Feb 11, 2026Death Valley National Parks Anniversary
May 31, 2021Here we honor the women who ve served
Jul 9, 2022Dolomites
Jan 25, 2018Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
Aug 29, 2023American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Dec 8, 2024Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
Oct 24, 2018Art over Amalfi
Jan 2, 2026Aerial view of Venice, Italy
Nov 8, 2019Chapel on the rock
Apr 1, 2023Frog Month
Dec 22, 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jun 9, 2018Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
Nov 22, 2023Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Nov 10, 2021Cumberland Island National Seashore
Nov 13, 2022River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Feb 12, 2021The cycle begins anew
Mar 21, 2021A glimpse of the Blue Forest
Dec 16, 2018Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
Jul 27, 2020A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
Jan 17, 2023Muniellos Nature Reserve
Feb 22, 2025Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 27, 2021A snuggling ball of cute
Sep 6, 2024Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
Sep 22, 2022First day of autumn
Feb 1, 2021Reflecting on Black History Month
Dec 19, 2020Four Sisters, thousands of trees
Jun 29, 2019It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?