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Orbiter Model
Orbiter Model

This Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated image shows a model of the space shuttle. CFD has taken the place…

Discovery Comes Home
Discovery Comes Home

After a 15-day mission to the International Space Station, space shuttle Discovery kicks up dust as its wheels touch down…

Noctis Labyrinthus Landslides
Noctis Labyrinthus Landslides

This image from NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the checkerboard region of Noctis Labyrinthus, the Labyrinth of Night, west of…

Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia
Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia

The Argyle open-pit diamond mine, located in the Kimberley region in the far northeast of Western Australia, is the world’s…

From El Nino to La Nina
From El Nino to La Nina

New data on sea-level heights from February 2007 show that the tropical Pacific Ocean has transitioned from a warm (El…

Between Earth and Space
Between Earth and Space

Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third scheduled spacewalk. During the 6-hour, 53-minute spacewalk, Behnken…

Beauty in the Universe
Beauty in the Universe

Surely one of the most spectacular sights the solar system has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor…

Trifid Nebula
Trifid Nebula

The Trifid Nebula, aka M20, is easy to find with a small telescope and a well-known stop in the nebula…

Mt. Everest from Space
Mt. Everest from Space

In addition to looking heavenward, NASA helps the world see the Earth in ways no one else can. On Nov.…

Docked in Space
Docked in Space

Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the docked Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft are shown…