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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Trailing smoke and fire, an Atlas V launch vehicle, 19 stories tall, with a two-ton...
STS112-S-001 (March 2002) --- The STS-112 emblem symbolizes the ninth assembly mission (9A) to the International...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Trailing smoke and fire, the 19-stories-tall Atlas V launch vehicle, with a two-ton...
Satellite images from 2022 (Main image) and 1985 (Figure A) capture the retreat of Jakobshavn Isbrae, a glacier on...
STS050-S-001 (January 1992) --- Designed by the flight crew, the insignia for the United States Microgravity...
NOAA's GOES-14 satellite captured a visible image of a low pressure area that will affect the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio...
A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in this short video made of images taken by one of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Touchdown is evidenced by the streams of smoke trailing space shuttle Endeavour as it makes...
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- STS116-S-001 (July 2006) - The STS-116 patch design signifies the continuing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Viewed from a nearby vantage point, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the...
This map shows sea level measured by the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite from June 5 to15. Red areas are...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Touchdown is apparent by the streams of smoke trailing space shuttle Endeavour as its main...
Caption: Composite shot of all four rockets for the M-TeX and MIST experiments is made up of 30 second exposures....
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS - STS-112 CREW INSIGNIA --- The STS-112 emblem symbolizes the ninth assembly...
STS076-S-001 (November 1995) --- The STS-76 crew patch depicts the space shuttle Atlantis and Russia's Mir Space...
Release Date: May 3, 2004 A Dying Star Shrouded by a Blanket of Hailstones Forms the Bug Nebula (NGC 6302) The Bug...
The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), is home to a variety of deep-sky objects —...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Photographers and spectators watch NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, trailing fire and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Touchdown is apparent by the streams of smoke trailing space shuttle Endeavour as its main...
The NASA SR-71 triple-supersonic aircraft carries the Linear Aerospike Experiment on Wednesday, March 4, 1998,...
Unusual arc-shaped, reddish streaks cut across the surface of Saturn's ice-rich moon Tethys in this enhanced-color...
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Australia's Cape Barren Island and captured an image of phytoplankton...
This enhanced-color image mosaic shows Daphnis, one of the moons embedded in Saturn's rings, in the Keeler gap on...
Soggy winters are not unusual in the United Kingdom, but this winter has been in a category of its own. UK Met...