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This graphic illustrates the main science objectives of NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa: to...
ISS018-E-028898 (7 Feb. 2009) --- The summit of Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico is featured in this image...
ISS014-E-17165 (21 March 2007) --- A plume at Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia is featured in this...
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - STS133-S-001 ---- The STS-133 mission patch is based upon sketches from the late...
The extent, height, and amount of smoke originating from the B&B Complex Fires in central Oregon are captured in...
On April 15, 2010, NASA Terra spacecraft captured these images of the ongoing eruption of Iceland Eyjafjallajökull...
This image from the MISR instrument onboard NASA Terra spacecraft shows a 121-by-165-mile 194-by-266 kilometer...
ISS004-E-6429 (January 2002) --- Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander representing...
On May 6, 2016, NASA Terra spacecraft captured this image of devastating wildfires in Alberta Province, Canada, near...
When NASA's Terra satellite flew over the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano on July 8, 2011 at 14:25 UTC (10:25 a.m....
STS039-27-016 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery fires reaction control subsystem (RCS) thrusters...
This compressed, resolution-limited video features a preliminary sequence of the Blue Ghost final descent and...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Plumes of exhaust and smoke build around the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 40 on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the...
ISS003-E-5436 (11 September 2001) --- One of a series of pictures taken of metropolitan New York City (and other...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Plumes of exhaust and smoke billow around the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 40 on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)...
Designed by the mission crew members, the STS-66 emblem depicts the Space Shuttle Atlantis launching into Earth...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the...
STS039-75-101 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Spending over eight days in Earth orbit, the STS-39 crew was able to return...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)...
ISS036-E-002105 (18 May 2013) --- Pavlof Volcano was captured in the fourth day of its eruption by one of the...
ISS031-E-146344 (27 June 2012) --- An Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying...