NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity appears as a bluish dot near the lower right corner…
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Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior
From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena…
Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior
From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena…
The Day the Earth Smiled
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft…
Mission Control Celebrates Success of Apollo 11
Flight controllers celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 24, 1969,…
NASA’s Hubble Sees a Stranger in the Crowd
The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the largest of the Zodiac constellations, and the second…
Spacecraft Processing Procedures at Kennedy Space Center
In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,…
Astronaut Chris Cassidy Takes a Photo
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera during a session…
Heat Wave Building Into the Ohio Valley and Eastern United States
A very anomalous weather pattern is in place over the U.S. for mid-July. Trapped between an…
Phytoplankton Bloom in the Norwegian Sea
The waters off Iceland rank among the world’s most productive fisheries. The reason for the abundance…