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Skylab Spacewalker
Skylab Spacewalker

Skylab 3 astronaut Owen Garriott spacewalks near the Apollo Telescope Mount on the space station in 1973. He had just…

New Horizons Soldiers On
New Horizons Soldiers On

As the New Horizons spacecraft continues its journey, it gives to those of us who are Earth bound breathtaking images…

Evaporating Planet
Evaporating Planet

Planet HD 209458b is evaporating. It is so close to its parent star that its heated atmosphere is simply expanding…

Smokin’ Hot Galaxy
Smokin’ Hot Galaxy

This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a galaxy that appears to be sizzling hot, with huge plumes…

Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds

U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 jets fly in formation past the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Later…

Bursting With Stars and Black Holes
Bursting With Stars and Black Holes

A growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist’s…

Inland Delta
Inland Delta

Northeastern Argentina’s Ibera Swamp was photographed from aboard the International Space Station by Leroy Chiao, the Expedition 10 commander. The…

Gullies in Southern Winter
Gullies in Southern Winter

Crisp details in a suite of mid-latitude gullies on a crater wall are captured in this Mars Global Surveyor Mars…

Orbital ‘Thumbs Up’
Orbital ‘Thumbs Up’

The Expedition 10 and 11 crews give the “thumbs up” after the change of command ceremony on the International Space…

Jupiter’s Rings Revealed
Jupiter’s Rings Revealed

Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter’s rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin…