UGC 12591's classification straddles somewhere between a lenticular and a spiral galaxy. It lies just under…
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Pearl Young at Langley’s Flight Instrumentation Facility, March 1929
In this March 29, 1929 photograph, Pearl I. Young is working in the Langley Memorial Aeronautical…
Glaciers Ebb on South Georgia Island
Frequent cloud cover in the southern Atlantic Ocean often obscures satellite images of South Georgia and…
Full-Circle Vista With a Linear Shaped Martian Sand Dune
The left side of this 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the long rows…
Images of the Sun From the GOES-16 Satellite
These images of the sun were captured at the same time on January 29, 2017 by…
Orion Spacecraft Progress Continues With Installation of Module to Test Propulsion Systems
On Feb. 22, engineers successfully installed ESA’s European Service Module Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at NASA’s…
Sounding Rocket Launches to Study Auroras
A NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket soars skyward into an aurora over Alaska following a…
Rays of Creusa
When viewed from a distance with the sun directly behind Cassini, the larger, brighter craters really…
Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon From Launch Complex 39A
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center…
Falcon 9 Rocket With Dragon Spacecraft Vertical at Launch Complex 39A
NASA provider SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at Launch Complex 39A at…