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Seeing the Station From Earth

The International Space Station is seen in this 13 second exposure as it flies over Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020.

Relaxing Inside the Space Station's Window to the World

JAXA and Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi relaxes at the end of the work day inside the seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station.

Awakening Newborn Stars

Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away.

Earth May Be Surrounded by Hairy Dark Matter

This illustration shows Earth surrounded by theoretical filaments of dark matter called «hairs.»

Carol Harrison: Seeing the Beauty in All Things

Carol Carol «Bird Song» Harrison is a a quality assurance specialist (QAS) working in the Mission Assurance Branch at NASA's Langley Research Center.

It's Black Hole Friday!

What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.

Kenneth Attocknie: Fulfilling a Dream

Kenneth Attocknie has worked as an engineer for more than two decades at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Artemis I Stacks Up

The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020.

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches to Monitor Global Ocean

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020.

Hubble Captures Cosmic Cinnamon Bun

Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588.

Marcellus Proctor: Bring a Unique Perspective

Marcellus Proctor is an enrolled member of the Piscataway-Conoy Nation and the Assistant Chief in the Electrical Engineering Division at NASA Goddard .

SpaceX Crew Dragon Approaches Space Station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking.

Hubble Spies Galaxy through Cosmic Lens

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3.

Crew-1 Launches on Historic Journey

SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches Crew-1 to the space station on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020.

Lauren Denson: Jumping for Joy

With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an quality engineer and supervisor at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Lauren Denson: Jumping for Joy at JPL

With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an quality engineer and supervisor at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hubble Catches a Cosmic Cascade

The galaxy UGCA 193, seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a galaxy in the constellation of Sextans (The Sextant).

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rolls Out for Saturday Launch

Launch is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

Astronauts Launching on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Arrive at Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, second from left, Mike Hopkins, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right, are seen as they speak to members of the media after arriving at the Launch

Preparing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite for Launch

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite is being encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing.

Aerospace Engineer Joseph Connolly

Joseph Connolly is an aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center.

Our Sun's Glint Beams Off San Francisco

The crew aboard the International Space Station snapped this image of the Earth's limb, or horizon, with the Sun's glint beaming off the U.S. West Coast.

Raquel Redhouse: Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute Technical Manager

Raquel Redhouse is member of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, a mother and an engineer.

Celebrating 20 Years on Station: Expedition 1

This is the official portrait of the Expedition 1 crew, the first humans to live aboard the International Space Station.

Night Aboard the Space Station

Night aboard the International Space Station can seemingly look like every spooky sci-fi movie you've ever seen.

Our Halloween Sun

Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on Oct. 8, 2014.

'Sprites' Frolic in Jupiter's Atmosphere

The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration.

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Casts Her Vote from Space

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins points to the International Space Station's «voting booth» where she cast her vote from space this month.

Jezero Crater Was a Lake in Mars' Ancient Past

This illustration shows Jezero Crater — the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.

Hubble Views a Galactic Waterfall

In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right).

Studying Aircraft Noise

An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana.

Touching Down on Asteroid Bennu

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample collection mission performed a successful “Touch-And-Go” (TAG) maneuver.

Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake

This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided.

Orion’s Recently Installed Solar Array Wings

Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent.

Hubble Snaps a Special Stellar Nursery

This Hubble image shows a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules. Called frEGGs for short, these dark compact globules of dust and gas can give birth to low-mass stars.

Cliffs in Ancient Ice on Mars

Scientists have come to realize that, just below the surface, about one third of Mars is covered in ice.

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares for Launch to Space Station

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crewmates prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.

The Ghost Nebula

​Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long flowing veils of gas and dust.
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