Data from MESSENGER's January 2008 flyby show that volcanoes were involved in plains formation and suggest that its magnetic field is actively produced in the planet's core. › Read More
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50 years of innovation, inspiration and discovery share the spotlight with Texas and Bhutan at the annual festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. › Read More, View Photo Gallery, Interactive Map
NASA Images of Smoke and Fire
Multiple NASA missions capture images of the wildfires in California › Read More and Comment
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Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. A contrail from an alien spaceship? A jet from a black-hole? Actually this image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion...
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Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983.
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Evolution of the NASA Spacesuit
See how astronauts' "personal spacecraft" have changed from Mercury to Shuttle and into the future.
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Gallery: Evaluating Lunar Concepts
NASA tests future technology for living and working on the surface of the moon.
NASA's 50th Anniversary
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