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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,…

Dark Sky, Bright Sun
Dark Sky, Bright Sun

In low Earth orbit there is not enough atmosphere to diffuse and scatter sunlight, so shadows are black and the…

Russian Service Module
Russian Service Module

Russian technicians work on the Zvezda Service Module shortly after it completed a pressurization test on Sept. 12 1997. The…

Mercury Project Scale Model
Mercury Project Scale Model

This 1958 scale model shows the Mercury capsule shape B design, indicating the position of the astronaut.

Solar Mirror
Solar Mirror

In 1966, technicians prepared to work on a solar mirror located in the Solar Collector Laboratory at the Lewis Research…

NASA’s Beginning
NASA’s Beginning

NASA was created on Oct. 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Dwight D.…

STS-71 and Mir Crews Posing for Posterity
STS-71 and Mir Crews Posing for Posterity

Inside the Spacelab Science Module, the crews of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 pose for the traditional inflight picture. An important…