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A view of the entranceway and lobby in the new headquarters building on April 3, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
In this lunar eclipse viewed from Merritt Island, Fla., the full moon takes on a dark red color because it is being...
A view of some of the work stations and the entryway to the Center Director’s suite on the seventh floor in the new...
iss066e135521 (2/3/2022) --- A view of the deployed Light-1 CubeSat. The Light-1 CubeSat focuses on the detection of...
JSC2009-E-240951 (16 Nov. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (foreground)...
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer specializes in surveying galaxies in ultraviolet light. Its telescope, 50 centimeters...
Subtle variations in color look like brush strokes as the lightly frosted terrain reflects light. These variations...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), the home galaxy of the...
In the last century, humans realized that space is filled with types of light we can’t see – from infrared signals...
NASA image release January 13, 2011 These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically...
NASA image release January 13, 2011 These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically...
This series of image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on Jan. 25, 2020, shows part of the California Nebula,...
STS098-382-0014 (7-20 February 2001) City Lights of the Northeastern Seaboard of the U.S. were captured with a 35mm...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of the hunter...
Our next question comes from Palak from Chicago. How will the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter find out about the...
ISS028-E-024360 (10 Aug. 2011) --- This night time view of northwestern Europe is featured in this image...
ISS036-E-025802 (26 July 2013) --- A nighttime view of southwestern Saudi Arabia is featured in this image...
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. Night view of city lights.
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. View of city lights at night.
ASTRONAUT JIM HALSELL AND MSFC DIRECTOR PATRICK SCHEUERMANN LIGHT MEMORIAL CANDLE AT REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT AT USSRC
JOHN IVESTER PERFORMING STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING OF HERITAGE HARDWARE TO CAPTURE THE AS-BUILT GEOMETRY.
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. Night view of city lights and portions of the ISS.
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. Night view of city lights.
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. View of city lights at night.