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Against the Current
This February 8, 2016 composite image reveals the complex distribution of phytoplankton in one of Earth's eastern...
The northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current, shown in red, appears about to detach a large ring of...
Current moon as viewed on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 19:00 UT (Phase 100%) This marks the first time that accurate...
El Niño is a recurring climate pattern characterized by warmer than usual ocean temperatures in the equatorial...
SL4-137-3632 (February 1974) --- A photograph taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit illustrating an...
Cross-bedding seen in the layers of this Martian rock is evidence of movement of water recorded by the waves or...
Edgar Reyes, a materials engineer and recent graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso, visually inspects a...
This overhead view of the X-59 shows the aircraft’s current state of assembly at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in...
SL4-137-3721 (February 1974) --- Plankton blooms and color variations in the Falkland Current east of the Argentina...
The northeast coast of Hokkaido and Kunashir Island, Japan (44.0N, 143.0E) are seen bordered by drifting sea ice....
SL4-137-3655 (16 Dec. 1973) --- An island wake produced by the Antipodes Islands in the ocean current south of New...
Engineers (from left) Ayrton Jordan, Anthony Milana and Edgar Reyes from the NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF)...
The Ben Franklin mission has been forgotten by time, overshadowed by the concurrent Apollo 11 mission. However, the...
The self-hammering "mole," part of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) on NASA's InSight lander, was...
STS054-72-056 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- A ship wake in the Bay of Bengal is noticeable in this 70mm frame. The sun glint...
This large tabular iceberg, broken off from the Antarctic Ice Sheet, was spotted in the South Atlantic Ocean (57.0S,...
SL4-137-3608 (14 Dec. 1973) --- A view of cold water eddies in the Falkland Current off the South Atlantic coast of...
Artist's concept of the current mission configuration. SIM PlanetQuest (formerly called Space Interferometry...
JSC2000E01552 (January 2000) --- This chart compares currently available global map data with the data which will be...
STS046-80-009 (31 July-8 Aug. 1992) --- A view of the mouth of the Amazon River and the Amazon Delta shows a large...
Engineers Ayrton Jordan (left) and Anthony Milana (right) at the NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las...
Army Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, speaks...
JSC2007-E-23730 (May 2007) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station following...