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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

Signing of NASA’s International Internship Program Agreement
Signing of NASA’s International Internship Program Agreement

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visited NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 to witness the signing of…

Galaxy in Different Lights
Galaxy in Different Lights

The galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is seen here in two different lights. A visible-light view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope…

Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes
Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes

This chart illustrates the relative masses of super-dense cosmic objects, ranging from white dwarfs to the supermassive black holes encased…

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy

This image shows the core of galaxy Messier 82 (M82), where two ultraluminous X-ray sources, or ULXs, reside (X-1 and…

NuSTAR Captures the Beat of a Dead Star
NuSTAR Captures the Beat of a Dead Star

The brightest pulsar detected to date is shown in this animation that flips back and forth between images captured by…

Dust Storm Obscures Persian Gulf
Dust Storm Obscures Persian Gulf

This panorama view, photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the International Space Station, shows tan-colored dust of a…

Preparing For a Spacewalk
Preparing For a Spacewalk

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman checks his spacesuit in preparation for the first Expedition 41 spacewalk in this image, posted to…

Wavy Polar Jet
Wavy Polar Jet

Nature is often more complex and wonderful than it first appears.

STS-112 Spacewalk
STS-112 Spacewalk

The primary payloads of Space Shuttle Mission STS-112 to the International Space Station (ISS) were the S1 integrated truss segment…