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NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Candidates
NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates take a group photo at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. Pictured…
An Astronaut’s View From the ‘Corner Office’
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer tweeted this photograph from the International Space Station on June 3, 2017,…
Mimas Dwarfed
From high above Saturn's northern hemisphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes over the planet's north pole, with…
SpaceX CRS-11 Cargo Mission Launch
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, launches from pad 39A at NASA’s…
A South Polar Pit or an Impact Crater?
This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show it is late summer in the Southern hemisphere,…
Eleventh SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission to Space Station Set for Launch
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, is seen shortly after being raised…
Space Station’s View of Florida at Night
Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet captured this nighttime photo of Florida from the International Space…
Space Station’s EarthKAM Sees the Grand Canyon
On April 3, 2017, the student-controlled EarthKAM camera aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph…
Close-up View of Neutron Star Mission’s X-Ray Concentrator Optics
A new NASA mission, the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), is headed for the International…