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AS11-37-5505 (20 July 1969) --- This photograph shows in fine detail the impressions in the lunar soil made by...
AS11-40-5878 (20 July 1969) --- A close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a...
This artist's rendering showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus. NASA's Cassini...
Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a sloping hillside within the "Murray...
This VIS image is located in Terra Cimmeria, near the margin with Nepenthes Mensae. The highlands of Terra Cimmeria...
Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
Today's VIS image shows a section of one of the graben that comprise Elysium Fossae. Graben are formed during...
The most distinctive feature on the Sun this week was a good-sized coronal hole at a slanted angle nearly centered...
Today's VIS image shows a small portion of Dao Vallis. Located south of Hadriacus Mons (a volcano), this channel is...
AS11-40-5877 (20 July 1969) --- A close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with a...
ISS019-E-007253 (16 April 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, performs...
Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
iss074e0573516 (May 6, 2026) --- Turquoise-blue waters of Lake Argentino are surrounded by the snow-capped Andes...
Surface soil moisture in the Southeastern United States as retrieved from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)...
Located west of the Elysium Volcanic complex, Hebrus Valles is a channel system that flowed to the north. This VIS...
A long-lasting coronal hole has again rotated around to face the Earth (Nov. 28-30, 2018). This persistent hole -...
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- Dale Ketchum, director of the Space Research and Technology Institute, speaks to attendees of...
The microwave radiometer on NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite was designed and built at NASA's...
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- Jim McCarthy, with URS and chairman of the National Space Club Florida Committee, or NSCFL,...
Gullies lying on the northeast slopes of Triolet Crater (about 11.6 km in diameter ), are located in the Southern...
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, second from right, spoke to attendees at the...
New close-up images of a region near Pluto's equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising...