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Forty miles west of downtown Chicago, the Fox River meanders its way through what has become the westernmost reaches...
In this late winter scene of Chicago, Illinois, USA (41.5N, 87.0W) the light dusting of snow has actually enhanced...
STS060-103-089 (3-11 Feb. 1994) --- The Chicago, Illinois area is in this northeast looking low oblique view...
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines and ESA (European Space Agency)...
SL3-88-222 (18 Sept. 1973) --- The metropolitan area of Chicago is encompassed in this Skylab 3 Earth Resources...
iss073e0080182 (May 15, 2025) --- Chicago, Illinois, with a metropolitan population of 9.6 million near the southern...
Members of the public met with NASA Mars team members and saw the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter models...
C-141 KAO: University of Chicago Polarimeter Experiment
C-141 KAO: Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, FAR-IR Camera
C-141 KAO Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago (FAR-IR Camera)
C-141 KAO Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago (FAR-IR Camera)
C-141 KAO experimenters package with Dr. Ted Hilgeman University of Chicago
C-141 KAO Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago (FAR-IR Camera)
C-141 KAO: Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, FAR-IR Camera
C-141 KAO experimenter Dr. Ted Hilgeman, University of Chicago package installed on telescope
C-141 KAO: Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, FAR-IR Camera - experimenters team
iss065e086284 (June 3, 2021) --- Chicago, Illinois, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited...
iss065e074473 (May 26, 2021) --- O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, is pictured from the...
iss069e037725 (July 27, 2023) ---O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, is pictured from the...
SPACE STATION CREW DISCUSSES LIFE IN SPACE WITH WNYC-FM, NEW YORK AND WGN-TV, CHICAGO Aboard the International Space...
ISS047e043884 (04/05/2016) --- Expedition 47 crewmembers on board the International Space Station captured this...
iss070e099645 (Feb., 23, 2024) --- Chicago, Illinois, was pictured at night by Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin...
iss056e085102 (July 8, 2018) --- An Expedition 56 crew member photographed downtown Chicago, Illinois as the...
iss066e146455 (Feb. 18, 2022) --- The southern tip of Lake Michigan and a snow-covered Chicago, Illinois, are...