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Seen here, with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background, is an up-close view of solar panels that are...
Seen here is an up-close view of solar panels that are part of Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar...
A night test of a small-scale starshade model, in a dry lake bed in central Nevada's Smith Creek by Northrup...
SL3-130-3130 (July-September 1973) --- An excellent view of the southern aurora, luminous bands or streamer of...
A technician performs a ultraviolet light inspection of the Orbital ATK Pegasus starboard on May 22, 2018, prior to...
A technician begins a ultraviolet light inspection of the Orbital ATK Pegasus starboard on May 22, 2018, prior to...
SL3-130-3131 (July-September 1973) --- An excellent view of the southern aurora, luminous bands or streamers of...
A technician performs a ultraviolet light inspection of the Orbital ATK Pegasus starboard on May 22, 2018, prior to...
A technician begins a ultraviolet light inspection of the Orbital ATK Pegasus starboard on May 22, 2018, prior to...
NASA Glenn Research Center and Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS) video presentation highlighting work with...
After arriving at the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) in Logan, Utah, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
iss073e0982450 (Oct. 25, 2025) --- A blue-green airglow blankets the bright city lights of the eastern United...
iss074e0043972 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Villages light up the coastline in this nighttime image of Lake Sevan, one of the...
iss073e0078538 (May 17, 2025) --- The city lights of Tunis, the capital of the north African nation of Tunisia with...
iss074e0319679 (Feb. 19, 2026) --- Star trails and city lights streak by in this long-duration photograph taken from...
iss074e0149410 (Jan. 17, 2026) --- Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, with a metropolitan population of over...
iss073e0507880 (July 26, 2025) --- The warm city lights of Southeast Asia streak below the silvery U.S. segment of...
iss074e0043774 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Patches of city lights, stretching from Tel Aviv to Netanya, Israel, illuminate...
iss074e0319682 (Feb. 19, 2026) --- Star trails and city lights streak across this long-duration photograph taken...
iss073e0817052 (Sept. 27, 2025) --- Warm, diffuse city lights and bright lightning storms illuminate the cloudy...
iss074e0044445 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest mountain and an active volcano, is surrounded by the...
iss072e842757 (March 15, 2025) --- City lights dot the cloudy, midwestern landscape of the United States with a...
iss073e0920829 (Oct. 20, 2025) --- This celestial view from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft...
STS060-09-024 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- As the Space Shuttle Discovery flew over a point between New Zealand and...