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Japan's HTV-9 Cargo Craft Helps Supply the Space Station

Japan's resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9), is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Harmony module.

The Red Planet's Holden Crater

Exquisite layering is revealed emerging from the sand in southern Holden Crater. Sequences like these offer a window into Mars' complicated geologic history.

Hubble Catches Cosmic Snowflakes

The stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about 13,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s galactic center.

Space Station Instrument Helps Researchers to Understand Lightning

Lightning flashes from a storm cloud to strike the ground. Such bolts represent only a small part of the overall phenomenon of lightning.

Preparing the Perseverance Mars Rover to Collect Samples on the Red Planet

The samples Apollo 11 brought back to Earth from the Moon were humanity's first from another celestial body. The upcoming Perseverance rover mission will collect the first samples from another planet.

Ice Melt Accelerates Regional Freshwater Depletion

A small glacier in the Arctic region of Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, as photographed by NASA's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX).

Demo-2: Launching Into History

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.

Demo-2 Launch: Setting Forth on a Historic Journey

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.

Liftoff! Demo-2 Heads to the Space Station

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020.

SpaceX Demo-2: A New Era in Human Spaceflight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, Saturday, May 30, 2020.

Hubble Sees Brilliant Tapestry of Stars

The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resembles a glittering fireworks display in this Hubble Space Telescope image.

Imagining Another Earth

This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star.

Sunrise from Launch Complex 39A

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at sunrise as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

Leroy Chiao Makes a Bubble in Space

In this iconic image, Staion Commander Leroy Chiao of NASA watches a water bubble float between him and the camera.

SpaceX Demo-2 Rollout

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission.

SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley listen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks after the crew arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.

Annie and John Glenn Arrive for the Gemini IV Flight

Annie and John Glenn arrive at the Mission Control Center for the Gemini IV launch on June 4, 1965. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth.

Chemist Audrey Miyamoto Prepares Apollo 11 Sample for Analysis

Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

Station Crew Sees Typhoon from Space

The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of this typhoon in the South Pacific Ocean on May 13, 2020.

Nancy Grace Roman: The Mother of Hubble

Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA's first chief astronomer, is known as the 'Mother of Hubble.'

High-Altitude Hazes on Jupiter

NASA's Juno mission captured this look at Jupiter's tumultuous northern regions during the spacecraft's close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020.

Cygnus Says Farewell to the Space Station

Northrup Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm moments before its release ending its 83-day stay at the International Space Station on May 11, 2020.

Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari

Iowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class.

Abell 2384: Bending the Bridge Between Two Galaxy Clusters

Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other.

Ricky Arnold: Teacher and Astronaut

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold takes an out of this world «space-selfie» while conducting a spacewalk on March 29, 2018.

Spring Has Sprung at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center

Blooming roses at the Armstrong Flight Research Center highlighting the Bell X-IE aircraft.

The Crab Nebula: Observations Through Time

This composite of the Crab Nebula was made with data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue and white), Hubble Space Telescope (purple), and Spitzer Space Telescope (pink).

Joe Acaba Goes from Teacher to Astronaut

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and teachers and space travel go hand-in-hand.

Sang Choi Earns a Place in NASA's Inventors Hall of Fame

Sang Choi has worked for NASA for nearly 40 years. Since beginning work at the Langley Research Center in October 1980, Choi has received 71 awards from the agency.

Shining a Light on Dark Matter

Dark matter, although invisible, makes up most of the universe’s mass and creates its underlying structure.

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission

The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020.

30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery.

NASA Joins the Fight Against COVID-19

On Friday, April 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the White House to brief President Trump on NASA's fight to alleviate COVID-19.

Space Station Crew Snaps an Image of the Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains in this photograph taken by the crew of the International Space Station.

An Otherworldly-Looking Bombetoka Bay, Madagascar

On the northwestern coast of Madagascar, the salty waters of the Mozambique Channel penetrate inland to join with the freshwater outflow of the Betsiboka River, forming Bombetoka Bay.

The Black Marble: Our Planet in Brilliant Darkness

This image is one of several global images of the Earth at night released in 2017.

The Gulf Stream in Infrared

This image shows a small portion of the Gulf Stream off of South Carolina as it appeared in infrared data collected by the Landsat 8 satellite in April 2013.

The Blue Marble: The View From Apollo 17

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, people around the world marked the first Earth Day.

Jessica Meir and Her Crewmates Return Safely from the Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir gives a thumbs up after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan landed in their Soyuz MS-15.
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