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Here is a new version of the “Christmas tree cluster.” NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one...
Wispy green clouds in a conical shape strongly resemble an evergreen tree. Tiny specks of white, blue, purple, and red light, stars within the cluster, dot the structure, turning the cloud into a festive, cosmic Christmas tree.
Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers...
Three lunar terrain vehicles side by side inside of a large chamber with dramatic lighting. Astrolab's lunar terrain vehicle is white with the their orange logo on the front of the rover. Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle is white with a blue stripe on the front and their logo on the top of their rover. Lunar Outpost's lunar terrain vehicle is grey with green lights.
During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of Europe, and a partial...
Clouds over the Arctic Ocean almost look like the sea's waves in this image from NASA's Terra satellite. The right side of the image has a brown-orange hue, almost like coffee with a little cream in it, due to the eclipse's shadow passing over them.
A maze of cables and sensors snakes through a major piece of Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon,...
As we look through a circular piece of Gateway, a space station that will be in lunar orbit, there are blue wires snaking through. The wires are covered in clear plastic in some places and held onto the walls by green tape in others.
NGC 602 is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest...
A star cluster is shown inside a large multicolored nebula that looks like a Christmas wreath. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster. The inner edge is lit. Numerous galaxies are scattered around and within the "wreath." A few large and bright stars are visible as well.
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport lower the agency’s 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into High Bay...
An immense orange cylindrical object - the SLS core stage - is surrounded by a blue metal structure. The space around them is dark.
An atmospheric probe model attached upside down to a quad rotor remotely piloted aircraft ascends with the Moon visible on...
A white, blue, and red probe attached to a rotor with four blades flies in the blue sky, just above the Moon.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth...
A spiral galaxy seen directly from the side, such that its disk looks like a narrow diagonal band across the image. A band of dark dust covers the disk in the center most of the way out to the ends, and the disk glows around that. In the center of the galaxy, a whitish circle of light bulges out above and below the disk. Each end of the disk curves slightly. The background is black and mostly empty.
NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli, right, are seen during a tour of the Earth Information Center, Wednesday,...
Two women in blue jumpsuits stand in a room with black walls and a black floor. The walls and floor have infographics, and data points on them related to Earth. The woman at left, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, looks up and to the side. The other woman, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, faces the other way.
A portrait of Mary W. Jackson is seen after it was unveiled, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters...
A black and white photo of Mary W. Jackson, an African American woman, is in a silver frame. The picture is displayed on a wall with a plaque underneath. Overhead light highlights the photograph.
Landsat 9 captured this image of lava coming from an eruptive fissure near Stóra Skógfell peak on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula....
Lava cuts a jagged orange gash across a grayish landscape in this satellite view of Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula on Nov. 24, 2024. A plume of white smoke - gas - streams toward the bottom of the picture.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams checks out the Astrobee robotic free-flyer in the Kibo laboratory module outfitted...
Astrobee, a robot that looks like a small black cube with two blue tentacle-like arms on top. Behind it, astronaut Suni Williams stretches her arms out to match Astrobee's arms.
Technicians carefully install a piece of equipment to house Gateway’s xenon fuel tanks, part of its advanced electric propulsion system.
A black piece of equipment with small silver pieces all over it is at the center of this image. This is what houses Gateway's fuel tanks. A person in a blue hairnet, mask, white lab coat, and jeans stands on an orange lift that is several feet in the air. Another person in similar clothing is at the bottom of the piece of equipment at the center of this image. An American flag hangs vertically on the wall.
"I love my country. I love serving my country. I think that was ingrained in me in the military, where...
Tami, a woman of Native American heritage from the Delaware Nation, smiles standing on a staircase in a modern, sunlit building, holding a traditional handcrafted cradleboard adorned with intricate beadwork. She is wearing a paisley patterned shirt covered with a black sweater that has the NASA insignia on the right breast.
In this photograph astronaut and STS-113 mission specialist John B. Herrington, (center frame), participates in the mission's third spacewalk. The...
An astronaut in a white spacesuit appears on the left side of the image near a part. On the right in the back is part of the space shuttle Endeavour.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover (right) takes photos during a visit on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, with employees at NASA’s Kennedy...
Three African American men - two Kennedy Space Center employees wearing blue polo shirts with an Artemis logo (left, middle back) and NASA astronaut Victor Glover (right) - pose for a photo taken with a cell phone.
This robot prototype was built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to demonstrate the feasibility of a mission...
A small gray plastic robot shaped like a wedge (with propellers and flaps for steering) glides through the blue waters of a competition swimming pool.
A cyclone is a low-pressure area of winds that spiral inwards. Although tropical storms most often come to mind, these...
Two cyclones swirl south of Iceland in this satellite image. While the two storms' distinctive spiral patterns are clearly visible at left and right, white clouds cover most of the image. Some of Iceland can be seen at the top middle of the image, as well as part of Scotland at bottom right.
This illustration depicts a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian's Star or Tabby's Star....
A tilted gray ring of dust surrounds a star that looks like a bright yellow circle. Smaller distant stars dot the darkness of space.
The STS-129 crew members posed for a portrait following a joint news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, with the Expedition...
Seven astronauts pose for a photo on the International Space Station. They are arranged with their heads in a circle, with a few people upside down. They're all wearing blue polo shirts with an STS-129 logo on them.
On Nov. 19, 1969, astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, begins to step off...
On the Moon, an astronaut in a white spacesuit climbs down a ladder on a lunar module. The lunar module is made of metal with gold and silver foil covering some of its lower half.
Participants from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 launch from the Banana Creek viewing...
A group of people wearing yellow t-shirts wave at the camera as they sit outside at night. They are members or advisors of winning teams from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition. The competition comprises students from tribal colleges and universities, Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions, and collegiate chapters of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launched on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16,...
An orange rocket lifts off from a launchpad. The sky is black, but the fire coming from the engines lights up the surrounding area, highlighting clouds of white vapor spreading across the ground.
The 363-feet tall Apollo 12 space vehicle launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
A white rocket lifts off from a launchpad, contrasting against the dark blue sky. A column of flames casts a bright light on the bottom of the image, highlighting white vapor spreading outward. An orange gantry is visible behind the rocket.
With the Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain as a backdrop, two STS-51 crewmembers, NASA astronauts James...
Two astronauts in white spacesuits inspect equipment outside of space shuttle Discovery during a spacewalk. The Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain is visible behind them.
Five varieties of seeds provided by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma were pictured inside the cupola on Nov. 21, 2023,...
Five plastic baggies are floating in front of a window on the space station. Each baggie holds a different kind of seed with a corresponding label on the outside. Some of the labels read “Choctaw Sweet Potato Squash,” “Choctaw Smith Peas,” and “Choctaw Corn Flour.”
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova.
A spiral galaxy with an oval-shaped disk. Two large arms curve out away from the ends of the disk. Bright pink patches and dark reddish threads of dust fill the arms. The bright pink patches indicate where stars are forming. The core is very bright and filled with stars. Some large stars appear in front of the galaxy. Directly under the point where the right arm joins the disk, a fading supernova is visible as a green dot.
As the International Space Station soared 257 miles above northern Mexico, NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 flight engineer Don Pettit...
City lights on Earth appear as bright streaks in this long-exposure photo. Earth's atmosphere glows green on the horizon. Part of the International Space Station is visible at top right.
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California,...
A white airplane sits inside of a white hangar with its nose facing inward.
"[Now that I work for Safety and Mission Assurance,] it's really cool to read everything about the different types of...
Miranda Meyer, a Native American woman, poses for a portrait amid trees.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to work after a refurbishing and a two-year layoff, as liftoff for the mission occurred...
A white space shuttle lifts off from the launch pad. Clouds of white vapor spread along the ground and rise upward on either side of the shuttle. Flames shoot out from the rocket. In the foreground are a body of water and green plants.
A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE....
A green nebula looks like a witch's head looking to the right of the image. There is a pronounced "nose" and "chin." Blue stars are around and in the green clouds.
NASA test pilot Joe Walker took the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) for its first spin 60 years ago today....
A man in an orange jumpsuit and white helmet sits in the pilot’s seat on a metal vehicle, the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV. The LLRV has a lot of metal tubing everywhere, which made people compare it to a metal bedframe.
New Zealand’s stunning scenery has famously provided the backdrop for fictional worlds in fantasy films. A unique cloud that forms...
A part of New Zealand's South Island as seen by the Landsat 8 satellite. A long, thin white cloud floats above the green and brown landscape. A bit of water is visible on the right of the image.
Space science is fun! NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit fills this sphere of water with food...
Don Pettit's hand is at the right edge of the photo. He holds a syringe filled with red food coloring. A droplet of food coloring hangs off the needle above a bubble of water. The water sphere is pinkish on its left third. Dye swirls through the remaining two thirds, making it look a little like Jupiter.
The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was...
A spiral galaxy with a disk that glows visibly from the center. It has faint dust threaded through it. A spiral arm curves around the left edge of the disk and is noticeably denser with bright blue spots that hold hot and new stars. On the opposite side, the disk stretches out into a short tail where it covers a distant background galaxy. Other distant galaxies and some nearby stars are visible are also visible in this image.
A super blue moon rises above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Aug. 18, 2024. Although not actually...
An orange full moon is the only thing you can see in this image. The sky is black, and the outline of some clouds are visible against the Moon.
The city lights of Melbourne, Australia are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above.
Melbourne, Australia as seen from the International Space Station at night. There are areas where city lights are concentrated. The lights are less concentrated at the edges of the image.
Nearly four decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova,...
Clouds of gas and dust in shades of red cover the top of the image and a little bit of the bottom. Right in the middle is Supernova 1987a, the remnant of an exploded star. The site of the supernova is surrounded by an illuminated pinkish ring. Two faint outer rings are also visible. Stars and galaxies shine throughout, giving off red and blue light.
A drone camera captures NASA’s mobile launcher 1 atop the agency’s crawler-transporter 2 moving from Launch Complex 39B to the...
A large rectangular structure - the mobile launcher - rests atop a moving rectangular base - the crawler-transporter. In this aerial shot, they are moving along a road. Green grass covers the surrounding area.