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Doomed Moon of Mars
Doomed Moon of Mars

This moon is doomed. Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons-Phobos and Deimos-whose names are…

Newly Coated SOFIA Mirror Assembly Returns for Reinstallation
Newly Coated SOFIA Mirror Assembly Returns for Reinstallation

Safely protected in its shipping crate, the telescope mirror assembly for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, is…

Layered Deposits on the North Pole of Mars
Layered Deposits on the North Pole of Mars

This striking image of a mound within the area of a trough cutting into Mars’ north polar layered deposits was…

Solar Prominence Unfurling
Solar Prominence Unfurling

The STEREO (Ahead) spacecraft observed this visually stunning prominence eruption on Sept. 29, 2008, in the 304 angstrom wavelength of…

Apollo 7: The Future Begins
Apollo 7: The Future Begins

Forty years ago today, on Oct. 14, 1968, Apollo 7 transmitted the first live broadcast from a manned U.S. spacecraft.…

Cratered Mercury
Cratered Mercury

About 58 minutes before MESSENGER’s closest approach to Mercury on Oct. 6, 2008, its Narrow Angle Camera captured this close-up…

Expedition 18 Lifts Off!
Expedition 18 Lifts Off!

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard…

Soyuz Arrives at the Pad
Soyuz Arrives at the Pad

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, for…

AIRS Global Map
AIRS Global Map

Although originally designed to measure atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles for weather forecasting, data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder…

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout
Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

The Soyuz launch pad is seen prior to the rollout of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…