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A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator
A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator

This image shows a part of the roughly circular supernova remnant known as RCW 86.

Crescent Earth
Crescent Earth

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar…

The Road to Apollo – Aldrin at LLRF
The Road to Apollo – Aldrin at LLRF

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second human to step on the surface of the moon is about to climb into the…

Predicting the Weather
Predicting the Weather

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV with the NASA/NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O launched on June 27, 2009, from Space…

Apollo 16 Mission Commander John Young Salutes the U.S. Flag
Apollo 16 Mission Commander John Young Salutes the U.S. Flag

Apollo 16 mission commander John Young leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes…

3-2-1 and Liftoff of GOES-O
3-2-1 and Liftoff of GOES-O

Rising above the pad's fixed service tower, a Delta IV rocket soars into the sky with the GOES-O satellite aboard.…

Sarychev Volcano
Sarychev Volcano

A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia's Kuril Islands,…

Neptune’s Moon Triton
Neptune’s Moon Triton

The Voyager 2 spacecraft took this color photo of Neptune's moon Triton on Aug. 24 1989, at a range of…

Sondrestrom Glacier a River of Ice
Sondrestrom Glacier a River of Ice

This photo of the Sondrestrom glacier in Greenland was taken from a window on NASA's Gulfstream C-20A.

NASA Gives California’s San Andreas Fault a 3-D Closeup
NASA Gives California’s San Andreas Fault a 3-D Closeup

This image showing a portion of the San Andreas Fault along the San Francisco Peninsula was taken by the UAVSAR…