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Category: NASA Image of the Day
Anyone Else Think This Looks Like the Cookie Monster?
Ok, so maybe it's just me. But the superposition of younger craters on older craters (in…
Endeavour Makes Its Final Journey
Cable technicians raise their cherry pickers to watch and photograph the space shuttle Endeavour as it…
Shuttle Endeavour Crossing
The space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop the Over Land Transporter (OLT) after exiting the Los…
Pioneer I Launch
Thor-Able I with the Pioneer I spacecraft atop, prior to launch at Eastern Test Range at…
Anniversary of First Female ISS Commander Launches
Five years ago today, on Oct. 10, 2007, U.S. astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, the first woman…
View of Curiosity’s First Scoop Also Shows Bright Object
This image from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a scoop…
SpaceX Launches to the International Space Station
Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is illuminated by a…
Dragon Readies for Flight
Technicians attach the Dragon capsule to a Falcon 9 rocket at the SpaceX facility at Cape…
Helix Nebula – Unraveling at the Seams
A dying star is throwing a cosmic tantrum in this combined image from NASA's Spitzer Space…