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This glowing emerald nebula seen by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is named RCW 120; this region of hot gas and...
An image of the Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE (Comet NEOWISE) captured above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on...
STS105-710-081 (10-22 August 2001) --- One of the astronauts on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery...
STS062-42-026 (4-18 March 1994) --- This 35mm frame, photographed as the Space Shuttle Columbia was orbiting Earth...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Lights inside the Vehicle Assembly Building cast an orange glow on Space Shuttle...
In the glow of a late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC after...
This image from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft is stitched together from thousands of observations made over the past 4...
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle...
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Its fiery tail casting a pink glow on cirrus clouds and water below, Space Shuttle...
A bright blue tadpole appears to swim through the inky blackness of space. Known as IRAS 20324+4057, but dubbed "the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines glow a red hue in the spacecraft's tail end as it...
Astronomers have used an x-ray image to make the first detailed study of the behavior of high-energy particles...
STS135-S-183 (21 July 2011) --- Space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines glow a red hue in the spacecraft's tail...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines glow a red hue in the spacecraft's tail end as it...
STS135-S-184 (21 July 2011) --- Space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines glow a red hue in the spacecraft's tail...
NASA file image acquired September 11, 2005 To view a video of this event go here:...