Space loops: NASA shares its GIF collection

A new reaction GIF archive, courtesy of NASA.

Dragos Mitrica

December 9, 2016 @ 2:05 pm

I could watch this all day. Credit: Giphy / NASA

There’s no better way of contemplating the infinite nature and wonders of space than watching animated GIF loops. NASA has been very kind to us recently. The space agency previously released thousands of rare Apollo-era photos on Flickr. Now, hundreds of NASA-produced GIFs are available on Giphy and Pinterest for everyone’s enjoyment. You now have the reaction GIFs you’ve been waiting for.

Hi-five!

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