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his picture of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, was obtained on February 20, 1997, by the Solid State Imaging system...
These images show two observations of NASA's Lunar Flashlight and the private ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 as the two...
Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park presents a very different landscape in summertime than in wintertime. Snow...
This image, taken on September 7, 1996 by NASA Galileo orbiter, shows two views of the trailing hemisphere of...
STS135-S-235 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A vapor trail flows from Discovery's wing tip as it makes a speedy approach to Runway...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Delta II rocket with the STEREO spacecraft at top stands next to the launch gantry,...
The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator and its U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mothership fly over a dry...
STS135-S-237 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The mobile service tower (right) begins to roll away from the STEREO spacecraft aboard...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Trailing ribbons of steam and smoke, space shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time...
This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL’s past and present, commemorating the 80th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the Shuttle...
STS135-S-234 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the...
STS135-S-229 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the...
ISS029-S-001 (23 March 2011) --- On the Expedition 29 patch, the International Space Station (ISS) is shown...
STS135-S-230 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touch down on the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Delta II rocket with the STEREO spacecraft at top stands next to the launch gantry,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Trailing ribbons of steam and smoke, space shuttle Atlantis touches down for the final time...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A fiery blaze trails the Ares I-X test rocket as it takes off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This orbiter tribute of space shuttle Challenger, or OV-099, hangs in Firing Room 4 of the...