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Out on a Limb
Out on a Limb

Astronaut Jim Reilly (on robot arm) joins forces with his colleagues inside the shuttle and station, as well as flight…

Escondida Mine, Chile
Escondida Mine, Chile

The Escondida copper, gold and silver open-pit mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert is seen in this image from the Advanced…

Black Hole Grabs Starry Snack
Black Hole Grabs Starry Snack

This artist’s concept shows a supermassive black hole at the center of a remote galaxy digesting the remnants of a…

Apollo 12 on Transporter
Apollo 12 on Transporter

On September 8, 1969, a transporter carried the 363-foot-high Apollo 12 Saturn V space vehicle from the Vehicle Assembly Building’s…

Focus on Guadalupe
Focus on Guadalupe

NASA scientists announced today, March 2, 2004, that evidence found by the Opportunity rover suggests water once flowed at its…

Out of the Dust, a Planet is Born
Out of the Dust, a Planet is Born

In this artist’s conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing, detected around the star CoKu Tau 4 by…

Polar Stratospheric Clouds
Polar Stratospheric Clouds

Scientists recently discovered that polar stratospheric clouds, long known to play an important role in Antarctic ozone destruction, are occurring…

Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand

During its tenure aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 13 passed a major milestone: as of late August 2006, more…

First Launch from Cape Canaveral
First Launch from Cape Canaveral

A new chapter in space flight began on July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral,…

Sand Dunes in Har Nuur
Sand Dunes in Har Nuur

Har Nuur, or the Black Lake, is located in western Mongolia’s Valley of Lakes, part of a system of closed…