The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean in this colorful scene…
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Sounding Rockets Launch from the Marshall Islands
Red and white vapor clouds filled the skies over the Marshall Islands as part of NASA’s…
Orion Crew Module at Kennedy Space Center
Astronaut Don Pettit watches as a technician works on the Orion crew module inside the Operations…
Laser Geodynamics Satellite I
The LAGEOS I, Laser Geodynamics Satellite, was launched on May 4, 1976 from Vandenberg Air Force…
Smartphone Photos From Orbit
These images of Earth were reconstructed from photos taken by three smartphones in orbit, or "PhoneSats."…
Dwarfed Wavemaker
Like a proud peacock displaying its tail, Enceladus shows off its beautiful plume to the Cassini…
Lava Flow on Mawson Peak, Heard Island
In October 2012, satellites measured subtle signals that suggested volcanic activity on remote Heard Island. These…
Springtime in the Bay of Biscay
Springtime in the Bay of Biscay, off the coast of France, as in most places, is…
The Rose
The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembles a deep red rose of giant proportions…
Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord
This image of Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl in the background was taken…