On Feb. 20, 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit Earth.
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Magnetospheric Multiscale Observatories Processed for Launch
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories are processed for launch in a clean room at the Astrotech…
Snow-Covered Northeastern United States
This image shows the snow-covered northeastern states as observed on Feb. 16, 2015, by the Moderate…
Dawn Approaches: Two Faces of Ceres
These two views of Ceres were acquired by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2015, from…
Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay
New land is forming at the mouths of the Wax Lake Outlet and the Atchafalaya River.
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) enters the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany for…
Hubble Sees a Smiling Lens
In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy…
Giant Filament Seen on the Sun — Feb. 10, 2015
A dark, snaking line across the lower half of the sun in this images from Feb.…
Space Station Flyover of Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti photographed the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa from the International…
Hubble’s Little Sombrero
NGC 7814 is also known as the “Little Sombrero.” It and its apparently-larger namesake, the Sombrero,…