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Mercury-Atlas 9 – Cooper’s Rocket
Mercury-Atlas 9 – Cooper’s Rocket

This aerial view of Launch Complex 14 with Missile Row visible to the right shows the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9), which…

The Color of Darkness
The Color of Darkness

Sunlight filters through Saturn’s rings in sepia tones in this artful view of the dark side of the rings taken…

Moon Framed
Moon Framed

Earth and its moon are nicely framed in this image taken from the aft windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery…

Jupiter’s Moon Io at Sunset
Jupiter’s Moon Io at Sunset

How tall are mountains on Jupiter’s moon Io? One way to find out is to view them at sunset. Tall…

A Bird’s-Eye View of Erebus Crater on Mars
A Bird’s-Eye View of Erebus Crater on Mars

This false-color view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rover’s 652…

Gemini Rendezvous
Gemini Rendezvous

This photograph taken on December 15, 1965 shows the Gemini 7 spacecraft as it was observed from the hatch window…

Project Mercury – All Rigged Up
Project Mercury – All Rigged Up

The photograph from 1959 shows the Project Mercury Altitude Wind Tunnel Gimbaling Rig. The Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility,…

First Image of Mars
First Image of Mars

Taken by the Viking 1 lander shortly after it touched down on Mars, this image is the first photograph ever…

Space Pioneer
Space Pioneer

In the turbulent era of 1960s Cold War confrontations, Moon race headlines, and war in southeast Asia, eight test pilots…

From the Ashes of the First Stars
From the Ashes of the First Stars

What did the first quasars look like? The nearest quasars are now known to be supermassive black holes in the…