
The shadowy outlines of the terrain in Vesta's northern region are visible in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The…

A long filament erupted on the sun on August 31, 2012, shown here in this still captured by NASA's Solar…

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A rare second full moon of the month, known as a "Blue Moon," is seen over Cincinnati on Friday, Aug.…

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Boilerplate Test Article (BTA) vertical drop test, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Credit: NASA/Michael Finneran

This 3-D image from NASA's Curiosity was taken from the rover's Bradbury Landing site inside Gale Crater, Mars, using the…

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Boilerplate Test Article (BTA) vertical drop test, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Credit: NASA/Kathy Barnstorff

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Boilerplate Test Article (BTA) vertical drop test, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Credit: NASA/Sandra Gibbs

Four aluminum domes, each created using innovative friction stir welding processes, are seen in this overhead view of the Marshall…

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