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Big Brother to the Milky Way
Big Brother to the Milky Way

This image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 6744, one of the galaxies most similar to our Milky Way…

Ultraviolet Ring of Stars
Ultraviolet Ring of Stars

This image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) shows Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736, in ultraviolet light. It…

Galaxy’s Pencil-Thin Profile
Galaxy’s Pencil-Thin Profile

This image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 4565, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies not included in…

Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing
Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing

Before NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) flies to space on its inaugural mission in 2017, it will fly in place…

Apollo 11 Comes Home
Apollo 11 Comes Home

The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic lunar…

Astronaut Luca Parmitano Checks Out Robonaut
Astronaut Luca Parmitano Checks Out Robonaut

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space,…

Astronaut Luca Parmitano Performs Visual Exam
Astronaut Luca Parmitano Performs Visual Exam

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, performs a visual exam using an eye chart (out of…

Astronauts Prep for Station Spacewalk
Astronauts Prep for Station Spacewalk

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, perform a Portable…

Astronauts Prep Tools for Station Spacewalk
Astronauts Prep Tools for Station Spacewalk

Between two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, both Expedition…

Celebrating Apollo 11
Celebrating Apollo 11

NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) officials joined with flight controllers to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11…