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Saturn’s Hot Spot
Saturn’s Hot Spot

This is the sharpest image of Saturn's temperature emissions taken from the ground; it is a mosaic of 35 individual…

Comet Close Encounter
Comet Close Encounter

Deep Impact is an ambitious mission aiming to accomplish the incredible: Blast a hole in comet Tempel 1 in an…

Humans on Mars
Humans on Mars

After driving a short distance from their landing site, two explorers stop to inspect a robotic lander and its small…

Hurricane Emily and the Moon
Hurricane Emily and the Moon

This panoramic view of the eye of Hurricane Emily was shot by the crew of the International Space Station while…

NACA Physicist Studies Alpha Rays
NACA Physicist Studies Alpha Rays

In this 1957 photograph, an unnamed NACA physicist studies alpha rays in a continuous cloud chamber. NACA, the National Advisory…

Vanguard Rocket Test
Vanguard Rocket Test

The U.S. Navy's test of Vanguard rocket, along with its satellite payload, went hopelessly awry when the rocket failed to…

Prepping the Phoenix Lander
Prepping the Phoenix Lander

The Phoenix Mission, slated for launch in August 2007, is the first project in NASA's program of Mars Scout missions.…

A Galactic ‘Late Bloomer’
A Galactic ‘Late Bloomer’

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a view of what may be the youngest galaxy ever seen. This "late bloomer"…

Monument Valley
Monument Valley

Monument Valley provides one of the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and…

Comet Gets Its Close-Up
Comet Gets Its Close-Up

The second image of Comet Wild 2 from NASA's Stardust spacecraft shows a distant side view of the roughly spherical…