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Mariner 2
Mariner 2

Mariner 2 was the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Launched Aug. 27, 1962, on an Atlas-Agena rocket, Mariner 2 passed…

APOD: 2012 October 12 – Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
APOD: 2012 October 12 – Pan-STARRS and Nebulae

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2012 October 12 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss  …

Webb Telescope’s ‘Worm Holes’ in the Clean Room
Webb Telescope’s ‘Worm Holes’ in the Clean Room

This photo gives a "worms eye" view of a robot arm holding a surrogate or simulated mirror segment (black hexagonal…

Working On IRIS Spectrometer
Working On IRIS Spectrometer

An engineer works on the spectrometer instrument for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). IRIS is a NASA Small Explorer…

High-Resolution View of Cross-Section Through a Mars Ripple
High-Resolution View of Cross-Section Through a Mars Ripple

This image shows the wall of a scuffmark NASA's Curiosity made in a windblown ripple of Martian sand with its…

Target: Jake Matijevic Rock
Target: Jake Matijevic Rock

This image shows where NASA's Curiosity rover aimed two different instruments to study a rock known as "Jake Matijevic." The…

Endeavour’s Tour of California
Endeavour’s Tour of California

The space shuttle Endeavour and its 747 carrier aircraft soar off the California coast near Ventura.

Pioneer I Launch
Pioneer I Launch

Thor-Able I with the Pioneer I spacecraft atop, prior to launch at Eastern Test Range at what is now Kennedy…

APOD: 2012 October 11 – Aurorae over Planet Earth
APOD: 2012 October 11 – Aurorae over Planet Earth

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2012 October 11 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss  …

‘Glenelg’ in 3D
‘Glenelg’ in 3D

This 3D, or stereo anaglyph, view shows the upcoming science destination for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, a region dubbed "Glenelg,"…