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Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Outside the ground is frozen, quite possibly covered in snow and ice, and yet, stroll through a supermarket in North…

Glenn Tours Research Center
Glenn Tours Research Center

John Glenn touring NASA’s Glenn Research Center in 1991. Glenn spent time with the researchers for the Solid Surface Combustion…

Big Blue Marble
Big Blue Marble

NASA’s mission has always been to explore, to discover and to understand the world in which we live from the…

Spider Crater, Western Australia
Spider Crater, Western Australia

A giant arachnid sprawls across the arid landscape of western Australia’s Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia, surprising satellite sensors…

Alone in the Moonlight
Alone in the Moonlight

The space shuttle Discovery waits in darkness on Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad. In October of 1998, Discovery returned former…

Orb of Ice
Orb of Ice

Rhea transits like a serene orb of ice set against the gentle pastel clouds of gas giant Saturn. Rhea is…

The ‘Terrible Twos’
The ‘Terrible Twos’

Young stars, like toddlers, want to start showing their independence. This Spitzer view shows a stellar version of the “terrible…

Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula

Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image obtained…

Rhea’s Rings
Rhea’s Rings

This artist’s concept depicts the ring of debris that may orbit Saturn’s second-largest moon, Rhea. The suggested disk of solid…

Gemini IV
Gemini IV

Astronauts Edward H. White II (left) and James A. McDivitt inside the Gemini IV spacecraft wait for liftoff. The objective…