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A View of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Resupply Ship

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured attached to the space station.

Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous Hubble image release.

Space Station View of Sun Over Earth From Space

This view of Earth’s horizon as the Sun sets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by the Expedition 7 crew onboard the International Space Station in 2003.

Penny J. Pettigrew, ISS Payload Communications Manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

As a payload communications manager Penny J. Pettigrew spends most days in the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Exploring the Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche

Set to launch next year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Nearest Exoplanet to Our Solar System

This artist's concept is of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani.

Expedition 65 Crew Press Conference

Expedition 65 backup and prime crew members are seen during a press conference.

Frosty Sand Dunes of Mars

A field of sand dunes occupies this frosty 5-kilometer diameter crater in the high-latitudes of the northern plains of Mars.

Kate Rubins Works to Upgrade the Space Station

This image, taken on March 5, 2021, shows NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during a spacewalk to install solar array modification kits on the station.

Vision of a Stellar Ending

More than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life.

Exploring the Earth's Water

NASA has investigated humanity's impact on a number of our home planet's natural resources and recently explored our impact on freshwater resources.

Saturn's Spring

Spring doesn't just hapen on Earth. Spring also happens on some of our neighboring planets in the solar system.

March 18, 1978: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives for Vibration Testing

On March 18, 1978, space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing.

Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)

An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars.

Hubble Shows Us the Future

Sometime in the far distant future, about 4 billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as illustrated in this artist rendition.

Testing the Mars Helicopter

In this image from Jan. 18, 2019, Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test of a model of the Mars Helicopter.

NASA Needs Pi!

NASA uses pi every day!

Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Works on Station's Solar Arrays

During the March 5, 2021, spacewalk, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi spent nearly 7 hours working on the space station.

Portrait of a Nebula

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield).

Stacking Complete for Twin Space Launch System Rocket Boosters

Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission.

Electrical Engineer and NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham

At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women.

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris

This artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections.

Hubble: 30 Years and Counting

It's March 2021 and in about another month the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe.

NASA and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

Did you know that NASA's Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge?

Kelly Latimer: Dryden's First Female Research Test Pilot

Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center.

Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Sign Installation

On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign is installed ahead of the building naming ceremony.

Mary W. Jackson: NASA's First Female African American Engineer

On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer.

Reflections from a Black Hole

This 2003 composite X-ray and optical image of galaxy NGC 1068 shows gas blowing away in a high-speed wind from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole.

Traversing Mars' Jezero Crater

This image depicts a possible area through which the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could traverse across Jezero Crater.

Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars

This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing.

Alvin Drew: Down to Earth

On Feb. 28, 2011, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participates in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.

Perseverance Rover Lands on the Red Planet

NASAs Perseverance Rover lands on Mars.

Showcasing the Rover at the Perseverance Engineering and Technology Overview

During the Mars Perseverance engineering and technology overview on Feb. 16, 2021, chief engineer Adam Steltzner displays a rover wheel.

The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance

The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.

Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs on Earth to Find Life on Mars

If we find life on the Red Planet, we'll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank.

Bernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker

A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk in February 1995, .

Crystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station

There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each one of them holds important information related to our health.

The Coalsack Nebula

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99.

Sunrise Over the Pacific

This view of a sunrise breaking through the Earth's horizon was taken as the International Space Station orbited 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Chile.
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