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InSight Aeroshell Coming Together
InSight Aeroshell Coming Together

The heat shield is suspended above the rest of the InSight spacecraft in this image taken July 13, 2015, in…

NASA’s InSight Lander in Spacecraft’s Back Shell
NASA’s InSight Lander in Spacecraft’s Back Shell

In this photo, NASA’s InSight Mars lander is stowed inside the inverted back shell of the spacecraft’s protective aeroshell.

Artist’s Concept of InSight Lander on Mars
Artist’s Concept of InSight Lander on Mars

This artist’s concept from August 2015 depicts NASA’s InSight Mars lander fully deployed for studying the deep interior of Mars.

Deputy Administrator Dava Newman Visited NASA Goddard
Deputy Administrator Dava Newman Visited NASA Goddard

NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman spoke to employees of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on August 18,…

Preparing NASA’s InSight for Space Simulation Testing
Preparing NASA’s InSight for Space Simulation Testing

In this photo, a spacecraft specialist prepares NASA’s InSight spacecraft for thermal vacuum testing in the flight system’s “cruise” configuration…

Former Center Director David Scott
Former Center Director David Scott

David R. Scott was the director of NASA’s Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA from Apr. 18,…

Aurora’s Colorful Veil Over Earth
Aurora’s Colorful Veil Over Earth

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on August 15, 2015.…

This Week in NASA History: High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 Launches — Aug. 12, 1977
This Week in NASA History: High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 Launches — Aug. 12, 1977

This week in 1977, the High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1, designed to survey the sky for X-ray and gamma ray…

This Week in NASA History: Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-85, Launches From Kennedy — Aug. 7, 1997
This Week in NASA History: Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-85, Launches From Kennedy — Aug. 7, 1997

This week in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-85, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Chasms on Dione
Chasms on Dione

While not bursting with activity like its sister satellite Enceladus, the surface of Dione is definitely not boring.