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Imagining the Future
Imagining the Future

A space shuttle lifts off high above the surrounding land in this Aug. 1, 1973, illustration. With 135 missions flown…

Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon
Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…

Ancient Comet Makes Appearance
Ancient Comet Makes Appearance

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this timelapse photo of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the International Space Station as it…

Program Executive Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz
Program Executive Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz

“My mom had to leave school after 9th grade to support her family, but she always emphasized the importance of…

Ring Around the Mountain
Ring Around the Mountain

On June 10, 2023, the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired this image of Mount Taranaki, a snow-capped mountain…

Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn apart one star and…

Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space
Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space

The International Space Station offers a unique microgravity environment where cells outside the human body behave similarly to how they…

NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, preview…

Instructions for Aliens
Instructions for Aliens

The golden records placed aboard Voyager 1 and 2 each have a cover with special etchings, seen here in this…

Sunglint on the Alabama River
Sunglint on the Alabama River

In this June 26, 2023, photo taken from the International Space Station, sunlight shines off the smooth waters of the…