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S125-E-009398 (17 May 2009) --- Astronaut Mike Massimino, STS-125 mission specialist, attired in his Extravehicular...
Technicians in a Lockheed Martin clean room near Denver prepare NASA's InSight Mars lander for propulsion proof and...
Clouds are a major component of the Earth’s system that reflect, absorb, and scatter sunlight and infrared emissions...
Space Shuttle Atlantis starts to deploy its braking parachute following touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base,...
A volunteer "astronaut" starts down an exit slide from a Space Shuttle crew compartment mockup during a rescue and...
The Yolla Bolly Complex Wildland Fire was started on June 21, 2008 by a lightning strike. This image was acquired by...
Technicians lift NASA Juno spacecraft onto a dolly prior to the start of a round of acoustical testing.
Technicians position NASA’s Juno spacecraft on a dolly prior to the start of a round of acoustical testing.
Dark surface material is starting to appear as the frost is sublimated in this image of Pityusa Patera as seen by...
This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more...
Today's VIS image shows the start of Mamers Valles. Orbit Number: 60364 Latitude: 31.4345 Longitude: 20.3221...
This image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows where Ares Vallis starts top of image from Iani Chaos...
Dark spots appear on the south polar ice cap just after the sun starts to shine in this image captured by NASA Mars...
This image montage shows comet Hartley 2 as NASA EPOXI mission approached and flew under the comet. The images...
This VIS image of the south pole was taken at the end of summer. Frost will soon start to form as the season...
ISS035-E-036840 (11 May 2013) --- Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn is captured in a close-up image in the...
ISS035-E-036843 (11 May 2013) --- Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is captured in a close-up image in the...
NGC 520 is the product of a collision between two disk galaxies that started 300 million years ago. This image is...
This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dunes near the north polar cap of Mars. It is springtime at...
This image from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the major channel that started near the top of Mt. Sharp. Near...
Evidence from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Galaxy Evolution Explorer missions provide support for...
A bottleneck at the start of the lunar sinuous rille within Vallis Alpes formed several morphologic features...
Sunlight was just starting to reach the high Northern latitudes in late winter when NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...
On May 30, 2013, NASA Terra spacecraft acquired this image of the largest solar plant of its kind in the world...