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Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft rises from the launch pad. Crab Nebula Artist's concept of Ares V Earth Departure Stage
Hubble Space Telescope image of the Stingray Nebula Spiral galaxy 0313-192 Cowboy Joe on his steed
Navy submarine undergoing tests in the National Transonic Facility Saturn's north pole The Voyager Mountains
Mars Rover Opportunity Los Angeles Space Shuttle Endeavour
Viking 1 lander Bubble Nebula Star V838 Monocerotis
Europa rising above Jupiter Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Titan IV B launch
Earth's sun Fledgling solar system International Space Station
Earth's moon Joseph Tanner Rick Mastracchio
Astronaut Dave Williams Michael Griffin, center in white, and other NASA Managers give a thumbs up to the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour shortly after touch down. Space Shuttle Endeavour
Astronaut Dave Williams Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist Dave Williams, STS-118 mission specialist
Space Shuttle Endeavour Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist Space Shuttle Endeavour
STS-118 mission specialist Rick Mastracchio Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space shuttle Endeavour STS-118 crew HD 98800, a multiple star system
Phoenix spacecraft A SCUBA-equipped diver assists STS-118 mission specialist Dave Williams during a training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Astronaut John W. Young drives the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity.
Gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star Northern Arizona volcanoes Test pilot Lawrence A. Clousing
Variable star V838 Monocerotis A gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star Helix Nebula
RCW 79 Mars Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin Jr. during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the moon
Triangulum Galaxy Trapezium stars in the Orion Nebula Egg Nebula
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin Saturn's moon Hyperion Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dr. Wernher von Braun presents Lady Bird Johnson with an inscribed hard hat.
WR124 Bubble Nebula Space shuttle Atlantis is shown being ferried back to NASA Kennedy Space Center.
AIM image of noctilucent clouds Pathfinder and Sojourner on Mars
A concept image shows the Ares I crew launch vehicle during ascent. Saturn and its rings Phoenix Mars Lander
Space Shuttle Atlantis Suni Williams Patrick Forrester (left) and Steven Swanson
Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist
Steven Swanson, STS-117 mission specialist Astronaut Jim Reilly Steven Swanson
Astronaut Jim Reilly, STS-117 mission specialist Astronaut Jim Reilly, STS-117 mission specialist Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis Infant stars in the Serpens Constellation
Tropical Cyclone Gonu Observed by QuikSCAT. Saturn A full moon is backdropped against the blackness of space over Earth's horizon, while the captured Hubble Space Telescope is on the right.
Astronaut Ed White Infant stars emerge in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion. Panoramic view of Mars from atop of Husband Hill
Pistol Nebula A false-color image of Saturn's main rings Map of mid-troposphere carbon dioxide
From left to right: L. Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra and Donald K. Slayton Merope Saturn and its moon Rhea
Saturn's outstretched ring system Galaxy Cluster CL0024+17
Jamestown, Va. Saturn Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 jets The Snowflake Cluster and the Cone Nebula Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger
Star Cluster R136 Moon Walter Schirra
Lake Carnegie in Western Australia Sheveluch Stratovolcano
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. Project Mecury scale model THEMIS' main orbits
Carina Nebula Jupiter and its moons Io (bottom) and Ganymede Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria Rosette Nebula Artist's impression of a quasar located in a primeval galaxy, or protogalaxy.
Jupiter's moon, Io Orion Nebula Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke on the lunar surface
Pleiades Yuri Gagarin A Langley technician checks the Mercury full-scale capsule model prior to testing.
Saturn in the background is foreshadowed by its hazy moon, Titan. Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right), Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg V. Kotov, flight engineer Miranda, the innermost of the larger Uranian moons
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off to begin mission STS-104. Eros J0806, a binary star system
Shiveluch Volcano Eta Carinae Terkezi Oasis in the Sahara Desert
Saturn and its moon, Rhea Grand Canyon The Egg Nebula
Martian landscape Flares emanating from the sun's chromosphere V838 Monocerotis
HD 44179, this nebula is commonly called the Red Rectangle. NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbs into the sky above Cape Canaveral on an Athena II rocket. Dr. Robert H. Goddard
Actor James Doohan and NASA engineer and test pilot Bruce Peterson Trajectory design model Saturn
Saturn Aurora Australis Z Camelopardalis
Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 mission commander Supernova 1987A Pacific Ocean
Saturn Trifid Nebula Grand Canyon
Omega Nebula N44F Chile Altiplano Unconformity
This Bumper 2 launch in July 1950 is the first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. Io John Glenn, his wife and President John F. Kennedy
Eskimo Nebula Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 Open cluster Pismis 24
Sun Jupiter's moon Io JPL scientists work on missile development for the U.S. Army.
Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska A diverse collection of galaxies over 450 million light-years away in the cluster Abell S0740, near the constellation Centaurus Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity
Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer Stellar nursery DR21 Progress 24
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's view of the Martian surface Hyperion, Saturn's moon ATHLETE Rover
Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee Microscopic view of the Martian surface Variable star V838 Monocerotis
Saturn Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco Robert L. Curbeam
Cat's Eye Nebula Star cluster NGC 602 Washington, D.C.
Supermassive black hole digests the remnants of a star. Eagle Nebula STEREO's First View of the Sun
Cyclones White dwarf stars in the Milky Way Galaxy Endurance Crater
Cassini image shows lakes on Titan N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud President Gerald Ford on July 1, 1976 at the opening of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Sigmar Wittig, head of the German Space Agency; William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations; Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator President Gerald Ford talks to the crew of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project as the mission orbited the Earth on July 18, 1975.
Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham and Mark Polansky Space Shuttle Discovery International Space Station
Christer Fuglesang Robert L. Curbeam Christer Fuglesang
Christer Fuglesang Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. and Christer Fuglesang Rocket boosters
Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery
Shuttle Discovery launches on mission STS Space Shuttle Discovery Mid-latitude gullies on a crater wall on Mars
Victoria Crater Copley Medal Gemini VI Views Gemini VII.
The Dead Sea F-16 Scamp model SIM PlanetQuest mission
Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist A replica of the original Saturn V rocket is silhouetted against the night sky during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the lunar landing. Computer-generated image of a space shuttle docked at a fully completed International Space Station
Ken Strite, NASA Quality Control, inspects the connection between Space Shuttle Discovery and the external tank. Reflection nebula Saturn
Sharpless 140 in the constellation Cepheus Image from HD broadcast in Times Square Berkeley Pit
Home Reef, South Pacific S-II stage of the Saturn V rocket Esperanza Fire near Palm Springs, Calif.
Orion Nebula Gullies in Sirenum Terra, Mars From left: Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb and Jerri Truhill
Brandberg Massif From the left, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition 1 commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant
Black Widow Nebula Cone Nebula Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia
Supernova remnant Mount Saint Helens A replica of the 17th century ship Godspeed sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.
Escondida Mine, Chile Polar stratospheric clouds lit from below near Kiruna, Sweden. Ring Nebula
Christchurch, New Zealand Har Nuur, or the Black Lake, located in western Mongolia's Valley of Lakes Munich International Airport
Saturn Saturn Saturn
Vertical projection of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at the edge of Erebus Crater. A gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf K star Artist's rendering of a supermassive black hole
The Day fire began burning in Southern California on Labor Day. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite flew over the fire at 10 p.m. Pacific Time on Sept. 28, and imaged the fire with its infrared camera. The hottest areas of active burning appear as red spots on the image. Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, President Eisenhower and Dr. T. Keith Glennan
Large Magellanic Cloud Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin Technicians work on the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft.
Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (top), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis
Hurricane Gordon as seen from Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 18, 2006 carrying a new crew to the International Space Station.
Solar arrays Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist
Overhead image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis This image of metropolitan New York City taken by the International Space Station's Expedition 3 crew shows the smoke plume rising from the Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off with its crew on a mission to the International Space Station.
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently analyzed an exposure of rock near Beagle Crater, on a target nicknamed Baltra. Saturn's moons Pandora and Prometheus with the icy F ring between them. Center of the Milky Way Galaxy
The Space Power Facility Carthage, Tunisia Spitzer Space Telescope launch
Boulders and rocks on the Martian surface Bumper 2 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Inside the Spacelab Science Module, the crews of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 pose for the traditional inflight picture. Solar system montage Storm clouds
Phoebe The Earth and its moon as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery President John F. Kennedy
Space Shuttle Enterprise Plane of the Ecliptic AE Aurigae
Icing Research Tunnel Larger fields and settlements on the atoll are located on the inland side of the largest forest patch and are protected from the wind. Gold aluminum cover designed to protect the Voyager 1 and 2 Sounds of Earth gold-plated records from micrometeorite bombardment
Death Valley, California Judith Miles discusses her proposed Skylab experiment with Henry Floyd of Marshall Space Flight Center. Landing site of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, the Columbia Memorial Station, at Gusev Crater
Dione Neutron star Vacuum spheres
Bug Nebula First view of Earth from the moon SR-71B aircraft
Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11. Astronaut James B. Irwin Astronaut Steve Smith
Crab Nebula Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom climbs into the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft the morning of July 21, 1961 with assistance from backup astronaut John Glenn. Lunar Module
Surveyor 1 casts a shadow on the lunar surface. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin (right) and Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Gerstenmaier inspect the Space Shuttle Discovery. Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, following the successful STS-121 mission.
STS-121 crew Discovery's vertical stabilizer Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, an STS-121 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second extravehicular activity.
STS-121 mission specialist Piers J. Sellers participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity. Astronaut Piers J. Sellers works on the shuttle's during the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity. This 1992 image is one in a series documenting the daily lives of the southern bald eagles that inhabit an enormous nest at Kennedy Space Center.
Space Shuttle Discovery's liftoff is reflected in the nearby water, as it ascends on the first ever launch on Independence Day. In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, employees wave American flags after the successful launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in a spectacular display of sound and light befitting of Independence Day.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Flight Surgeon Dr. William Douglas and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt STS-121 mission specialist Piers J. Sellers This image of the Earth and moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by Voyager 1.
An engineer and a technician check out an ion engine in the Electronic Propulsion Research Building at the Lewis Research Center (now NASA's Glenn Research Center) in 1961. Carl Sagan poses with a model of the Viking lander. As spotlights play on the rocket and launch pad at dusk, the last moon shot, Apollo 17, is pictured here awaiting its December 1972 night launch.
Technicians work on the Atmospheric Entry Simulator. A false-color photograph of Neptune, made from Voyager 2 images taken in January 1996 Isthmus of Panama
The energy flash that occurs when a projectile launched at speeds up to 17,000 miles an hour impacts a solid surface. Mount Merapi, Indonesia A composite of the Jovian system
Robert Goddard Project RED SOCKS Aleutian Islands
SOHO observes the Sun's deep interior Monument Valley False-color image of two density waves in Saturn's A ring
Saturn's northern hemisphere Planetary nebula NGC 2440 Time exposure photograph of Skylab 4 being moved into position at the launch pad.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, peaks out from under the planet's rings of ice. This image from NASA's Jason satellite shows near normal conditions across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Carrying the Expedition 12 crew, a Soyuz TMA-7 approaches the International Space Station.
Central Pyrenees A mother osprey (left) sits protectively next to one of her chicks in the nest at the Kennedy Space Center. Solimões-Negro River Confluence at Manaus, Amazonia
Image of the Riiser-Larsen ice shelf in December 1995 The Hubble Space Telescope captured this picture of a multiple-image effect that is produced by a process called gravitational lensing. Three planets circle a pulsar named PSR B1257+12.
Disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy Apollo 10 commander Thomas P. Stafford pats the nose of Snoopy, the mission's mascot, held by Jamye Flowers, astronaut Gordon Coopers' secretary. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Herbig-Haro 49/50, a powerful jet located in the Chamaeleon I molecular cloud, is about 450 light-years distant. South Georgia Island Gerald Carr demonstrates weight training in zero gravity by balnacing felkow astronaut William Pogue upside down on his finger.
Crab Nebula Atacama Desert, Chile Phoebe, Saturn's moon
Augustine Volcano in Cook Inlet, Alaska, near Anchorage NGC 2207 and IC 2163 galaxies Libya
Saturn Artist's concept depicts a pulsar, which is a type of dead star. Echo, NASA's first communications satellite
Northwestern flank of Mars' McCool Hill Quintuplet Cluster Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
1/10 scale model Centaur rocket in the Supersonic Wind Tunnel Messier 82 Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
Composite illustration of the planet Neptune as seen from its moon Triton Topography of the San Francisco area Open star cluster NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
The 16-kilometer-long Oresund Link between Malmo, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark False-color image of the surfaces of rock targets informally named Full scale model of the HL-10 lifting body
Cigar galaxy An engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center holds a replica of the proposed Liquid Booster Module. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur
Jau National Park, Brazil Two seamstresses stitch together a sun-shade for the Skylab Orbital Workshop. Scientists stand in front of the aeroshell that protected the Viking Lander I during its entry into the Martian atmosphere.
Hubble Space Telescope image of Bok globules in NGC 281 Namibia's coastal desert Jupiter's South Pole
Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams began their mission aboard a Soyuz rocket that launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The shadow of the moon falls on Earth. From left to right: Russian Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, Soyuz crew member, Brazilian Space Agency Astronaut Marcos Pontes and NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams
Zane and Paxton Gunn gaze at Wlater Cronkite's Artist's conception illustrates the universe's birth-rate. Astronaut John Glenn rests aboard the USS Noa after his historic Gemini flight.
Bogda Mountains, China Cassiopeia A Rocket launching tower
Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge Jupiter’s moon, Europa Richat Structure, Mauritania
Two NASA employees stand in fornt of Intelsat IV. Computer-generated image depicts a view of Earth as seen from the surface of the asteroid Toutatis. Tibet’s Brahmaputra River
Titan Scientists test a model aircraft. Dasht-e Kavir, Iran
Durwood Dereng prepares to pull the external-power plug from an E17 drag-research model. Stephan’s Quintet galaxy cluster Panoramic view of the eye of Hurricane Emily, looking eastward toward the rising moon.
Engineers at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (now NASA's Glenn Research Center) check a model of a supersonic aircraft. Scientists work on the Phoenix lander, a mission slated for launch in August 2007. Artist's concept of a Mars ascent vehicle sending a sample of Mars rocks to Earth
Denver, Colorado’s western suburbs, Dinosaur Ridge and Red Rocks Park SuitSat-1 Space shuttle model
President John F. Kennedy, John Glenn and General Leighton I. Davis Artist's concept of colliding galaxies Artist's concept of hypergiant star.
Preparations for dynamic stability tests of the Apollo Command Module and its launch escape system are observed by NASA engineer Bobby W. Sanders. Gemini X launch on July 18, 1966. Torino, Italy
Flashback: NEAR on Eros From top to bottom: Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker, and Mary Johnston. Vanguard satellite
Cayo Largo del Sur The asteroid Eros Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Milky Way Galaxy STS-107 crew Artist's concept of a comet being torn to shreds around G29-3, a white dwarf star
Olduvai Gorge Crew of STS-51-L Apollo 1 astronauts
A self-portrait of the spacecraft deck and a panoramic mosaic of the Martian surface as viewed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Cartwheel galaxy NASA test pilot Joseph Walker in a pressure suit stands beside the X-1E.
Tibetan lake country NASA Pilot Joe Walker Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule.
Afar Triangle, Ethiopia Titan Cascade Range in west central Oregon
Canadarm2/Space Station Remote Manipulator System Saturn The Helix Nebula
Charles Conrad Jr., Gemini 5 pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft. Sun reflects off the surface of the ocean. Infrared image of the
Noctis Labyrinthus Sun sinks below the rim of the Gusev crater on Mars. Swirling dust clouds over Texas and Mexico
Chimborazo and Tungurahua, Ecuador Researchers at Langley in 1964 Space Shuttle Endeavour
Christmas Tree Cluster Ambae Island, Vanuatu (South Pacific) Artist's rendering of the Stardust capsule returning to Earth.
Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover inside Endurance Crater. Massive dust storm of glacial sediments swept off the coast of Alaska. The Virunga volcano chain along the borders of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 Rendezvous. Robert St. John in a pilot restraint and closed loop breathing system at NASA's Ames Research Center. White-dwarf star, a burned-out stellar remnant, is a faint companion of the brilliant blue-white Dog Star, Sirius.
Researcher examines a supersonic transport scale model. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., command pilot of the Gemini V spacecraft, is hoisted into a recovery helicopter. Sand Hills, Nebraska
Workers observe as a commuter transport engine undergoes testing in the Icing Research Tunnel. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Jr. aboard the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Time exposure of the Southern Lights photographed by the crew of STS-68.
Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, simulates scooping up lunar sample material. The Crab Nebula Record-breaking paper airplane
North Central Europe Space shuttle main engine undergoes a test firing. Artist's concept of the Mars Sample Return's lander, showing the entry, descent and landing sequence.
Tornado's path in Nov. 2005 near the Ohio River Saturn's icy rings Bhutan Himalayas
Dr. Eugene Shoemaker with a model of a Lunar Module spacecraft. Navajo Mountain Reflection nebula NGC 1333 in the constellation Perseus
Aerogel NGC 346 star cluster Rabe Crater
Saturn's moon Dione in the foreground is enriched by gold and blue hues of planet’s rings in the background. John Glenn Aluminum bulkhead
Southern Ring Nebula Mount Belinda Hurricane Frances
Provincetown Spit, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Tadpole galaxy Prototype of an inflatable space station
Safsaf Oasis in south-central Egypt. Death Valley X-38
Corn, wheat, and sorghum crops Puma Robotic Sensor Arm Seoul, South Korea
Computer generated image of the space shuttle C-19 iceberg Surface of the moon reflected in Apollo 17's command and service module.
Santa Ana Volcano Africa and the Middle East Pirs docking compartment on the international space station
Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips Gamma-ray burst Technicians prepare to work on the solar mirror.
Cassini's departing view of Hyperion's shadowy limb Supernova remnant N132D International Sun-Earth Explorer C (ISEE C)
Simulated Van Allen Belts Palm Island Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Zvezda Service Module
Space shuttle main engine test Lunar lander From the left, Yuri P. Gidzenko, Soyuz commander; William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition 1 commander; and Sergei K. Krikalev, flight engineer
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Expedition 12 commander William S. McArthur, Jr. (right) and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (left) participate at JSC’s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, with the assistance of ESA Astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany. Artist's concept showing a disk of young blue stars encircling a supermassive black hole at the core of the Andromeda Galaxy
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott, assisted by U.S. Navy divers, await the arrival of the recovery ship after completion of their Gemini 8 mission. Colorful phytoplankton and bacteria in the Arabian Sea Saturn's moon Mimas
Ibera Swamp Artist's concept of a massive asteroid belt Boomerang Nebula
Ceres From left to right: Air Force Major Jerauld R. Gentry, Air Force test pilot Peter Hoag, and NASA pilots John A. Manke and Bill Dana. Mount Olympus
Protoplanetary disk around a pair of red dwarf stars Panorama of the windswept plateau taken by NASA's Spirit rover atop Husband Hill Neptune
Complex organic molecules, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Hurricane Katrina Night view of lights across North America
Project Mercury Altitude Wind Tunnel Gimbaling Rig Scientific balloon Bill Dana
Lima, Peru Space Shuttle Discovery stops atop NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Space Shuttle Discovery
International Space Station Mars Syncom satellite
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter lifts off fromCape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:43 a.m. EDT on Aug. 12, 2005. Astronauts Steve Robinson (left) and Soichi Noguchi Sunrise, as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi
Silhouette of Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson Astronaut Steve Robinson Earth
STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi President George W. Bush smiles as he waves goodbye to the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay
Discovery in Orbit Framed by Florida greenery, Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39B. President Bush watches Discovery launch
Spectators at the NASA News Center at Kennedy Space Center view the lanch. Titan appears to drift above Saturn's ringplane Artist's conception of the birth of a star in L1014
Husband Hill inside Mars' Gusev Crater. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon. Hurricane Emily nears Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
A hypothetical brown dwarf-planetary system compared to our own solar system. Apollo 12 Saturn V space vehicle Artist's concept of CoKu Tau 4 star system
Model of the Shooting Star Experiment NASA ER-2 aircraft pilot David Wright exits the vehicle that brought him to the awaiting ER-2 aircraft. Australia’s Shark Bay
Astro-E2 spacecraft Hypervelocity Ballistic Range at Ames Research Center Artist's concept of an alien planet
Altitude Wind Tunnel, built in 1944 Deep Impact Hits Comet Tempel 1 Launch of Apollo 11
Sapas Mons Volcano Vice President Cheney swears in Michael Griffin Relative size of a brown dwarf system compared to ours
Zero Gravity Facility in 1966 White clouds of ship trails Aerial view of Launch Complex 14
Dusty ring around the star Fomalhaut Dr. Robert H. Goddard Thermal Structures Tunnel
Martian crater North and South Malosmadulu Atolls in the Maldives Embryonic stars
Sunset on Mars Volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io Michael Anderson Statue
Saturn V rocket ascends carrying the Apollo 17 crew Uranus Nili Fossae region of Mars
Supernova remnant N 63A Mars Global Surveyor's 200,000th image Astronaut Ed White walks in space
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hovers above its rings Aerial view of London First stage of a Saturn V rocket lowered into position
STS-96 astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan handles a crane Wegman photos of dogs in spacesuits in DC Metro View of the Celtic Sea and English Channel
Launch gantries on Missile Row, circa 1965 Aurora 7 lifts off Topographical view of Shenandoah National Park
Ranger spacecraft Aurora borealis Pasadena, Calif.
Detail of the Eagle Nebula Earth viewed from Apollo 17 Volcanoes near Mexico City
Endeavour sits atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Artist's concept of astronaut gathering samples on Mars Northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
The Indian Ocean as seen from space Crews of Expeditions 10 and 11 Skylab 3 astronaut Owen Garriott on a spacewalk in 1973
Astronaut Dave Scott stands in the hatch of the module Martian landscape Computer image of the bottom of the Discovery in flight
The murky skies of Titan Artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Landing Research Vehicle circa 1964
Light emitted by a planet far beyond our Solar System Hubble image of black hole Whirlpool galaxy
Astronaut Michael Gernhardt floats aove the Earth Eruption of Klyuchevskaya in Russia Brown dwarf star
Nanosputnik Soyuz spacecraft blasts off Administrator Michael Griffin takes the oath of office
Russian Soyuz rocket Bubble of gas and dust in the constellation Centaurus Shuttle Columbia
Apollo 13 crew and spacecraft Galaxy NGC 300 Here's Lookin' at You, Discovery!
Discovery on a Roll Astronaut Mike Fincke Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador
Elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 Clouds of glowing material surround distant galaxies Galileo image of Io
Arches star cluster Happy Easter From Mars Satellite photos of Egypt and Libya
Expedition 11 crew patch Gemini launch on March 23, 1965 Sulfur-rich rocks on Mars
Full moon floats in space Lunar Salute The Emerald Isle
Liftoff! Floating Free Butterfly Nebula
Reflections Sombrero Galaxy Robotic Arm Bested by High Schooler
NASA Acting Administrator Fred Gregory with GlobalFlyer Clouds of Neptune Global Callisto in Color
Before The Impending Destruction of NGC 1427A Before NASA, There was NACA New York's Finger Lakes
Algerian Sand Sea Madagascar in Blue and Green New Station Hardware
Spitzer Uncovers Star Hatchery Echoes of Light Opportunity's Heat Shield
Enceladus Close Up Collision Forms Rings Around Vega Pluto: Past and Future
Chandra Captures Tuscan’s Heart Saturn's Blues Bubbly Chiao
Rippled Rings Humans on Mars Saturn's Hot Spot
Red-Hot Saturn Galactic Building Blocks Remembering Columbia
Mars Meteorite White Hawaii Weightless Wonders
Hubble photo of Eagle Nebula Artist's concept of distant solar system Landslide on Iapetus
Huygens' images of Titan Liftoff! Spirit's 'Wishstone'
Another Return to Flight Milestone Expedition 10 Photo of Full Moon First full resolution image from Mars Exploration Rover Spirit panoramic camera, or pan cam
Progress 15 undocks from the International Space Station Shark Bay, Australia from the International Space Station Cassini photo of Dione, Saturn
Hubble image of Helix Nebula Artist's conception of Laser Power Stations. SRTM image of Alaska glacier
John Young's six space flights Artist's concept of Deep Impact mission Hubble photo of I Zwicky 18
Cassini photo of Saturn Swift launch, artist's concept Solid Rocket Booster at Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 12 on the Moon X-43A Launch Cassini false color photo of Saturn's Rings
Photo of aurora Spitzer image of Whirlpool Galaxy Hubble photo of triple eclipse on Jupiter
Oct. 27 lunar eclipse Halloween image from Spitzer Space Telescope Cassini photo of Titan
Expedition 9 Landing Spirit at 'Tetl' Rock Mount Saint Helens
Expedition 10 on Soyuz Sunspot photo from NASA's TRACE spacecraft Expedition 10 on Soyuz
Kepler Supernova Remnant Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao
Spirit's tracks from orbit Hubble Ultra Deep Field NASA-themed mural at Washington, D.C. school
STS-114 Mission Insignia Cassini photo of Saturn Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble
Cassini temperature image of Saturn's rings ISS photo of Hurricane Frances Mars photo from Spirit
Hubble photo of N44F Perseids over Japan Athens, Greece
ISS, SeaWiFS images of tropical weather Progress leaves the ISS Spitzer image of planetary nebula
Hubble photo of Galaxy NGC 3949 Hurricane Alex Opportunity on Mars
Cassini image of Titan Expedition 10 crew Natural color view of Saturn's rings from Cassini
Apollo 11 crew at the White House Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon. Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle orbits the moon
Aura launch Ring Nebula NASA satellite photographs Pacific typhoons
Satellite image of North America Cassini image of Saturn Shuttle docked to Mir
Cassini image of Saturn SOHO image of the Sun Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Phoebe TRACE image of Venus Transit President Reagan at Mission Control
Spitzer Photo of Centaurus A Apollo 11 Photos of Saturn from Hubble and Cassini
GALEX photo of M81, M82 Mt. St. Helens from the ISS This image is part of a panoramic view taken by the camera aboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Photo Image: NASA/JPL/Cornell.
Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, juggles fresh fruit in the Destiny laboratory. Photo credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center. Artist's concept of impact Cassini photo of Saturn
Hubble image of 'Red Rectangle' Expedition 10 crew patch. Photo credit: NASA. Alan Shepard's Flight
Endurance Crater Expedition 8 Landing Cassini photo of Saturn
'Bounce' Rock Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Hubble image of ring galaxy
Saturn in Different Colors Genesis sample return exercise Expedition 9 Launch
Saturn's moons Prometheus and Pandora 'Lion King' Panorama Stellar nursery
Jellyfish Nebula Project Mercury Astronauts Hubble image of galaxy NGC 300
Spirit at Mazatzal The crew of the International Space Station photographed Hurricane Catarina making landfall. Spots on Saturn
Mt. Everest from the International Space Station Orion Nebula Yukon River Tree Springs to Life
Opportunity hits the beach Stardust photo of Comet Wild-2 Cassini photo of Saturn in blue light
Expedition 9 Crew Patch Spirit Looks at 'Bonneville' Crater 'Clumps' in Saturn's F-Ring
Spirit Looks Back Toward Lander Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image The star-forming nebula Henize 206
Saturn, seen as Cassini approaches Witch's Broom Nebula Opportunity photo of Guadalupe
Saturn from Cassini Panoramic picture from Spirit Microscopic photo from Opportunity
Opportunity at 'El Capitan' Spirit Digs a Trench Black Hole Eats Star
Spirit at Mimi 'Berries' on the Ground Opportunity Ledge
Spirit took this front hazard-avoidance camera image on sol 37 (Feb. 9, 2004) after completing the longest drive ever made by a rover on another planet. Spirit back in action Mars under the microscope
Supernova Blast Bonanza in Nearby Galaxy Opportunity's 'Mission Success' Panorama Spirit Hungry for 'Cake'
Opportunity Panorama Meridiani Planum in Color Opportunity's First Pictures
Spirit's Landing Path Spirit's Empty Nest Spirit Drives to First Target
Spirit's robotic arm Spirit on Mars Hills in the Far East, from Spirit on Mars
Part of color panorama from Spirit Spirit stands up on Mars Color image from Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, released Jan. 8, 2004
3D, three-dimensional, red, blue anaglyph of full 1st image from Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Stardust photographs Comet Wild 2 First full resolution image from Mars Exploration Rover Spirit panoramic camera, or pan cam
Thumbnail of three-dimensional panoramic image from Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Released Jan. 5, 2004. Polar view of Spirit, one of the first images sent back from Mars on Jan 4, 2004 Thumbnail of Stardust image of Comet Wild 2
Stardust closes in on Comet Wild 2 Earthrise from Apollo 8 Images from Spitzer Space Telescope
Solar Eclipse Over Antarctica HL-10 Lifting Body Evidence of Ancient Martian Rivers
Cassini photographs Jupiter Lunar Eclipse GALEX photo of Pinwheel Galaxy
Sun spots through California haze Aurora in Maryland SOHO image of massive solar flare
ISS photographs wildfires Mars 2001 Odyssey image of Meridiani Planum, near the landing site of the Opportunity Rover. Horsehead Nebula
Artist's conception of Huygens probe on Titan Hurricane Isabel Mars Rising Behind Elephant Rock
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars Launch of the Spirit Rover Toward Mars
Shuttle Ferry Orange Sun Simmering Dumbbell Nebula Halo
Clementine Observes the Moon, Solar Corona, and Venus Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula. Oldest Known Planet Identified
N49's Cosmic Blast Rhea: Saturn's Second Largest Moon The Horsehead Nebula
Artist's concept of Mars Exploration Rover Centaurus A: X-Rays At the Edge of the Sun
Apollo 11 bootprint Andes Mountains as seen from Gemini 7 STS-88 Shuttle Mission Imagery
SpaceShipOne Aspen Fire, Arizona The Sun's Surface in 3D
A Crescent Earth at Midnight The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey STS-95 Shuttle Mission Imagery
The Face on Mars STS-97 Shuttle Mission Imagery APOD Turns Eight
Erupting Volcano Mount Etna The Earth and Moon from Mars YF-12C in flight at sunset
2003 Rover Apollo 17 Launch Mars base artist conception
London, England Satellites For Sale An amazing edge-on view of a spiral galaxy 55 million light years from Earth, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
Dark Sky, Bright Sun The North Pole of Venus X-15 ship #1 on lakebed
The Reflection Nebula in Orion Aurora From Space Expedition Six crew return home safely
STS-110 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) London at Night Soyuz rocket launched at 9:53 a.m. from Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Fish-Eye View of Atlantis Robot Arm Over Earth with Sunburst Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven
Columbia Reconstruction Project team Global city lights Carbonate sand dunes in the shallow waters of Tarpum Bay
Aurora Blues Composite image of Earth NGC 281: Cluster, Clouds, and Globules
Houston Astros pay tribute to the STS-107 crew and families Mars Exploration Rover-2 (MER-2) in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility SIRTF and the Milky Way, an Artist's concept
Galaxy NGC 1705 Crater 308 on the Moon A solar wind streams flowing from small coronal holes hit Earth's magnetic field
The Martian northern plains An intense African dust storm sent a massive dust plume northwestward over the Atlantic Ocean on March 2, 2003. Our Sun
Ms. Patti LaBelle singing at the Washington National Cathedral. The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon.
A quarter moon is visible in this oblique view of Earth's horizon and airglow, recorded with a digital still camera aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Unusual Gullies and Channels on Mars.Photo Credit: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL, NASA The twin rovers of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission.
Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board examine pieces of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar. The inside of the RLV Hangar at KSC. Thousands gather at the Columbia memorial in Lufkin, Tex.
President Bush and the First Lady pray with the Columbia families The Dumbbell Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen The Andromeda Galaxy
The Discovery Space Shuttle Robot Prototype, Genghis Jupiter and its moons.
Seyfert's Sextet Launch of the Sun Pillar M11: The Wild Duck Cluster
The Reflecting Dust Clouds of Orion Io at Sunset
 


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