On Jan. 12, 1986, the space shuttle Columbia launched at 6:55 a.m. EST from Kennedy Space…
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Liftoff of SpaceX Resupply Mission to the International Space Station
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…
Coloring the Sea Around the Pribilof Islands
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this view of a phytoplankton bloom near…
Satellite Picture Shows Snow-covered U.S. Deep Freeze
NOAA's GOES-East satellite provided a look at the frigid eastern two-thirds of the U.S. on Jan.…
Orion Spacecraft in Post-Mission Processing at Kennedy Space Center
Bearing the marks of a spacecraft that has returned to Earth through a searing plunge into…
Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy
The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion…
Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station
Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…
Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station
Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Welcomes the New Year
There were no fireworks on the sun to welcome in the New Year and only a…
Ceres, Target of NASA’s Dawn Mission
Discovered on Jan. 1, 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi of Italy, Ceres is the largest object in…