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Orion Rescue and Recovery Training
Orion Rescue and Recovery Training

A model of Orion, NASA’s next vehicle for human space exploration, awaits recovery in Johnson Space Center’s 40-foot deep Neutral…

Orion Rescue and Recovery Training
Orion Rescue and Recovery Training

U.S. Navy divers approach a model of Orion, NASA’s next vehicle for human space exploration, in Johnson Space Center’s 40-foot…

Orion Rescue and Recovery Training
Orion Rescue and Recovery Training

U.S. Navy divers connect the a mockup of Orion’s Forward Bay Cover to a crane to hoist it out of…

Orion Rescue and Recovery Training
Orion Rescue and Recovery Training

A model of Orion, NASA’s next vehicle for human space exploration, floats above an underwater mockup of the International Space…

Pollen – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
Pollen – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide

Map shows a near real-time simulation model of juniper pollen release and spread. The near real time model is based…

Pollen – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
Pollen – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide

A false color electron microscope scan of pollen. Image Credit: Dartmouth College/Charles Daghlian › Feature › Photo 2

In Focus -Cahokia Vallis
In Focus -Cahokia Vallis

This image shows the second of five broad channels on Mercury for which names were recently approved. The valleys are…

In Focus -Angkor Vallis
In Focus -Angkor Vallis

On April 30, 2013 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved new names for five…

A Ring of Wrinkle Ridges
A Ring of Wrinkle Ridges

Within Mercury’s vast northern volcanic plains, compressional deformation is commonly localized by impact craters that were buried beneath lava flows.…

Knobby Plains
Knobby Plains

The plains that surround the Caloris basin are geologically complex. Today’s featured images highlights some of the kilometer-scale knobs that…