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Apollo 11 Lifts Off – NASA
Apollo 11 launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16,…
NASA Meatball Painting on Kennedy’s VAB
Painting of the NASA logo, also called the meatball, continued on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building…
The Penguin and the Egg
The distorted spiral galaxy at center, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical at left, the Egg,…
A Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space
Several transient luminous events illuminate pockets of Earth’s upper atmosphere. A line of thunderstorms off the…
Artemis II Core Stage moves from Final to VAB
The Artemis II Core Stage moves from final assembly to the VAB at NASA’s Michoud Assembly…
30 Years Ago: STS-65 Lifts Off
Space shuttle Columbia heads skyward after clearing the fixed service structure tower at Launch Complex Pad…
Orion on the Rise – NASA
Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024, from…
Studying Hurricane Beryl from Space
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1,…
Cassini Sees Saturn – NASA
Saturn and its rings completely fill the field of view of Cassini’s narrow angle camera in…