Nov. 8,2013 - - NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, inside a payload fairing,…
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Expedition 37 Lands, Brings Olympic Torch Back to Earth
NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg, left, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, center holding the…
NGC 6946: The ‘Fireworks Galaxy’
NGC 6946 is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away from Earth.…
Arcing Towards Orbit
In this two-minute exposure, the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket heads from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan towards orbit…
Expedition 38 Crew With Olympic Torch
Expedition 38 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, left, Soyuz Commander Mikhail…
Expedition 38 Lifts Off
The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is launched with Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight…
Soyuz Rocket Ready to Launch New Station Crew
The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket, adorned with the logo of the Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee and other…
Upsala Glacier Retreat
This photograph by an astronaut on the International Space Station highlights the snout of the Upsala…
3C353: Giant Plumes of Radiation
Jets generated by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can transport huge amounts of…
Ghost of Jupiter Nebula
This ghostly image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the disembodied remains of a dying star,…