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NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas push a tool cart loaded with lunar tools through the San Francisco Volcanic Field north of Flagstaff, Arizona, as they practice moonwalking operations for Artemis III.

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This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space – information that’s key to understanding Earth’s energy balance.

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This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space – information that’s key to understanding Earth’s energy balance.

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$Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges, and bands that crisscross the moon’s surface.$

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This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space – information that’s key to understanding Earth’s energy balance.

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Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star

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A woman sits on the floor and looks through an eyepiece device. She is wearing a light brown flight suit. Two people are behind her in blue flight suits and one person in front of her to the right is wearing a light brown flight suit.

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Four people converse onboard an aircraft.

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A spiral galaxy directly face-on: Two bright spiral arms extend from a bar, which shines from the center. Fainter arms branch off from these, studded with bright-blue patches of star formation. Small, distant galaxies dotted around on a dark background.

Hubble Peers at a Tranquil Galaxy

The tranquil spiral galaxy UGC 12295 basks leisurely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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