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The North Pole of Venus
The North Pole of Venus

The Magellan probe that orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994 was able to peer through the thick Venusian clouds and…

Ranger Spacecraft
Ranger Spacecraft

Launched in the mid-1960s, the Ranger fleet of spacecraft provided live television transmissions of the moon from lunar orbit for…

Six Wheels On Mars
Six Wheels On Mars

Nearly two weeks after landing in Gusev Crater, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has rolled off of its lander and…

X-38
X-38

This close-up view of the X-38 crew return vehicle under the wing of NASA's B-52 mothership prior to launch of…

Testing the Air
Testing the Air

The four principal HL-10 pilots are seen here with the lifting body aircraft. From left to right, they are Air…

Death Valley
Death Valley

In this 3-D perspective view looking north over Death Valley, California, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER),…

Saturn’s Tortured Moon
Saturn’s Tortured Moon

This false color image of Saturn's moon Mimas reveals variation in the composition and texture across its surface. During its…

Apollo 17’s Moonship
Apollo 17’s Moonship

Awkward and angular looking, Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger was designed for flight in the vacuum of space. This picture,…

It’s a Rocky World
It’s a Rocky World

This artist's concept shows a massive asteroid belt in orbit around a star the same age and size as our…

Stellar Nursery
Stellar Nursery

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured a glowing stellar nursery within a dark globule that reveals the birth of new protostars,…