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NASA e-Books

Read and download free NASA e-Books on the agency’s history, aeronautics research, science missions, and the International Space Station.

Aeronautics

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 1

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 2

Probing the Sky: Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight

X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight

Cave of the Winds: The Remarkable History of the Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel

Dressing for Altitude, U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle

Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight

The Apollo of Aeronautics: NASA’s Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, 1973-1987

NASA History

Wind Tunnels of the NACA and NASA

Governing the Moon: A History

A History of Near-Earth Objects Research

50 Years of Solar System Exploration: Historical Perspectives

Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication

NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century

Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations

Ascension: Life Lessons from the Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy for Engineers, Managers, and Leaders

Science

Explore NASA Science

From Earth and the other planets in our solar system, to supermassive black holes and the distant galaxies that contain them, explore NASA science and imagery through our library of e-books.

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The hallmark of the Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104 (M104), is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. As seen from Earth, the galaxy is tilted nearly edge-on. This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero because of its resemblance to the broad-rimmed and high-topped Mexican hat.
This stunning Hubble image of M104, better known as the Sombrero Galaxy, is one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble observations. The hallmark of the nearly edge-on galaxy is a brilliant, white, bulbous core encircled by thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. 
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble’s Beautiful Universe

Reshaping Our Cosmic View: Hubble Science Highlights

Hubble: An Overview of the Space Telescope

Galaxies through Space and Time

Black Holes: Into the Vortex

Dark Universe

Strange New Worlds

The Lives of Stars