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Earth’s Moon
Earth’s Moon

This composite image depicts the moon's rugged south polar region and is the highest resolution topography map to date of…

Cassini-The Mission Continues
Cassini-The Mission Continues

As Saturn advanced in its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moved northward on the planet, the motion of…

Refuge
Refuge

Situated as it is near the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the Kennedy Space Center hosts space shuttles and this…

Saluting Our Nation’s Independence
Saluting Our Nation’s Independence

NASA Dryden's four F/A-18 mission support aircraft flew in formation for a pilot proficiency flight on Nov. 24, 2008, in…

A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator
A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator

This image shows a part of the roughly circular supernova remnant known as RCW 86.

Crescent Earth
Crescent Earth

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar…

The Road to Apollo – Aldrin at LLRF
The Road to Apollo – Aldrin at LLRF

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second human to step on the surface of the moon is about to climb into the…

Predicting the Weather
Predicting the Weather

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV with the NASA/NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O launched on June 27, 2009, from Space…

Apollo 16 Mission Commander John Young Salutes the U.S. Flag
Apollo 16 Mission Commander John Young Salutes the U.S. Flag

Apollo 16 mission commander John Young leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes…

3-2-1 and Liftoff of GOES-O
3-2-1 and Liftoff of GOES-O

Rising above the pad's fixed service tower, a Delta IV rocket soars into the sky with the GOES-O satellite aboard.…