On July 11, 2010, the new moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a…
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Aerojet AJ26 Rocket Engine Arrives at Stennis
An Aerojet AJ26 rocket engine was delivered to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center on July…
In the Constellation Cassiopeia
Tycho's Supernova, the red circle visible in the upper left part of the image, is SN…
Farewell Lutetia
On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft,…
Securing a Place for History
A piece of NASA history landed at the Glenn Research Center's Visitor Center, now located at…
Standing on the Chukchi Sea
Scientists on the sea ice in the Chukchi Sea off the north coast of Alaska disperse…
Smoother Landings
Spacecraft attempting to land on an unfamiliar surface need to perform a maneuver called “deep throttling"…
A Place in History
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this…
Celestial Fireworks
Like an Independence Day fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial…
Launched on the Fourth of July
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew launched at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4, 2006…