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The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, is a ground-based instrument connecting two 8-meter class...
41G-11-027 (14 Oct. 1984) --- Kathryn D. Sullivan, 41-G mission specialist, uses a pair of binoculars to do some...
S103-E-5201 (21 Dec. 1999) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, uses a pair of binoculars to view the distant Hubble...
S103-E-5202 (21 Dec. 1999) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, uses a pair of binoculars to view the distant Hubble...
S117-E-06948 (10 June 2007) --- Astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-117 commander, aims binoculars through one of the...
ISS004-E-9686 (24 March 2002) --- Astronaut Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four flight engineer, uses binoculars to look...
ISS004-E-9688 (24 March 2002) --- Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander, uses binoculars...
The Sculptor galaxy, or NGC 253, is seen in a rainbow of infrared colors in this mosaic by NASA Wide-field Infrared...
On clear nights in January 2015, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is visible in the Taurus region of the sky to observers...
Comet Siding Spring will have a close approach to Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. This artist concept shows people in the...
What are some skywatching highlights in December 2023? Clear skies will make for ideal viewing of the Geminid meteor...
What are some skywatching highlights in December 2023? Clear skies will make for ideal viewing of the Geminid meteor...
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, aboard the U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier, used binoculars to watch the Apollo...
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon (center), aboard the U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier, used binoculars to watch...
ISS026-E-017685 (8 Jan. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer,...
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. uses binoculars to view the Earth through the window of the Mercury-Atlas (MA-6)...
ISS026-E-017683 (8 Jan. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer,...
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2022? The daily parade of four naked-eye planets in the mornings...
What are some skywatching highlights in May 2022? May provides some great planet spotting, including a close...
Outside the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi...
Outside the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate Rubins...
Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Future Programs, uses binoculars to monitor data on...
ISS038-E-027307 (11 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight...
51F-05-003 (29 July-6 Aug 1985) --- Astronaut Anthony W. England, 51-F mission specialist, talks to ground...