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At Astrotech Space Operations, workers prepare the integrated THEMIS spacecraft for spin-balance testing. THEMIS...
In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, a worker checks data on the integrated THEMIS...
STS034-44-023 (20 Oct. 1989) --- The Southern Lights or Aurora Australis were photographed by the STS-34 crewmembers...
At Astrotech Space Operations, workers look over the integrated THEMIS spacecraft before spin-balance testing....
ISS049-S-001 --- The Expedition 49 patch shows the International Space Station (ISS) coming into view over an aurora...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the media are dressed in clean room, or bunny, suits to photograph the integrated...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the media are dressed in clean room, or bunny, suits to photograph the integrated...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the integrated THEMIS spacecraft is on ready for spin-balance testing. THEMIS...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the integrated THEMIS spacecraft is spinning on the spin table, part of spin-balance...
Juno's 53-day orbit has presented the opportunity to observe Jupiter's dark side. This animation is an artist's...
Large impacts produce uplifted central structures, either peaks, or pits, or an uplifted peak with a central pit....
S116-E-07663 (20 Dec. 2006) --- One of the STS-116 crewmembers onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery captured this...
iss053e023965 (Sept. 15, 2017) --- The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted...
iss066e008713 (Oct. 19, 2021) --- A wispy aurora, intersecting with Earth's airglow, is pictured from the...
iss064e023203 (Jan. 13, 2021) --- This view from the International Space Station, as it orbited 264 miles above...
iss064e035870 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- An aurora glows above the Earth's horizon as the International Space Station flew...
iss064e053179 (April 2, 2021) --- The aurora is pictured streaming above the Earth seemingly intersecting with the...
ISS011-E-14205 (May 2005) --- This view featuring the Aurora Australis or “southern lights” was...
iss064e022759 (Jan. 12, 2021) --- A starry night sky and an aurora are pictured above Russia as the International...
iss064e024095 (Jan. 18, 2021) --- The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above Ukraine when this...
iss071e185130 (June 15, 2024) --- An aurora streams below Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the forward port...
iss067e269019 (Aug. 17, 2022) --- An aurora crowns the Earth beneath a starry sky in this night time photograph from...
iss066e023536 (Oct. 30, 2021) --- An aurora dimly intersects with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station...
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....