An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of small island cays in the…
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Clear Skies Over the United States
On Sept. 17, 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured images and video from the International Space…
Pluto’s Majestic Mountains, Frozen Plains and Foggy Hazes
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons…
First Weld of Orion Exploration Mission-1 Crew Module
Lockheed Martin engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, perform the first weld…
3,000th Comet Spotted by Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
On Sept. 13, 2015, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – a joint project of the European…
Good Morning From the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station…
Hubble Sees a Galactic Sunflower
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image…
Methane Painting
Why does Saturn look like it's been painted with a dark brush in this infrared image,…
Dawn Takes a Closer Look at Occator
This image, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home…
International Space Station Transits the Sun
This composite image made from five frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of…