Flight controllers celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 24, 1969,…
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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…
Remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal
In this image taken by the GOES-West satellite at 8 a.m. EDT on July 10, 2013,…
Curiosity Heading for Mount Sharp, Sol 329
The lower slopes of Mount Sharp appear at the top of this image taken by the…
Egyptian Dust Plume, Red Sea
This astronaut photograph acquired on June 22, 2013 provides a panoramic view of most of the…
Storm Clouds Over the Atlantic Ocean Near Brazil
One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 50mm lens…