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Docking in Space
Docking in Space

Backdropped by the blackness of space, the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station was photographed by a crew…

Soyuz Approaches the Space Station
Soyuz Approaches the Space Station

Carrying the Expedition 12 crew, a Soyuz TMA-7 that launched a few days earlier from the Baikinour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…

Postcard from a Martian Crater
Postcard from a Martian Crater

The side of a crater surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum on Mars can be seen in…

Homecoming for STS-117
Homecoming for STS-117

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 crew returned home safely today, completing their 14-day mission to the International Space Station.…

Central Pyrenees
Central Pyrenees

The Alps may be more famous, but the Pyrenees have been around much longer - tens of millions of years…

Enceladus Close Up
Enceladus Close Up

Cassini conducts its first close flyby of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus (en-SELL-uh-duss) at a distance of approximately 1,180 kilometers (730…

Thunderbirds and Endeavour
Thunderbirds and Endeavour

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in commemoration of NASA's 50th…

The Space Power Facility
The Space Power Facility

When it was constructed in 1969, the Space Power Facility (SPF) was the world's largest vacuum chamber. It stands more…

Above the Clouds
Above the Clouds

The Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the…

Detailing the Big Picture
Detailing the Big Picture

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies 450 million light-years away in cluster Abell…