Space NASA Image of the Day

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Boeing’s Starliner on the Pad

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Starliner Launches to Space Station

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Mysteries of the Needle's Eye, a Dwarf Spiral Galaxy

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a section of the spiral galaxy nicknamed the Needle’s Eye. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hubble Captures Giant Elliptical in the Head of the Serpent

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image spotlights the giant elliptical galaxy, UGC 10143, at the heart of galaxy cluster, Abell 2147. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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InSight's Final Selfie

NASA's InSight Mars lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Ultracold Bubbles (in Pink)

Since the Apollo program, astronauts have documented (and contended with) how liquids behave differently in microgravity than they do on Earth. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Landing

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft opens its main parachutes as it lands at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hubble Captures Pair of Star-Forming Spirals

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope looks at two spiral galaxies, collectively known as Arp 303. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hurricane Season 2022 Begins

Hurricanes are the most powerful weather event on Earth. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season extends from June 1 to November 30. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Huge Rings Around a Black Hole

This image features a spectacular set of rings around a black hole. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Apollo 1 Monument Dedication

The Apollo 1 monument at Arlington National Cemetery was dedicated on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Arlington, Va. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Artemis I Moon Rocket Heads Back to Launch Pad for Testing

The rocket is scheduled to launch later in 2022. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Dickinson Crater on Venus

This November 1996 image from Magellan shows Dickinson, an impact crater in the northeastern Atalanta Region of Venus. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Pacific Ocean From the Space Station

The International Space Station orbits into a dawn 261 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean in this image from April 2022. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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When Galaxy Clusters Collide

Galaxy clusters contain hundreds of galaxies and huge amounts of hot gas and dark matter. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hubble Investigates an Enigmatic Star Cluster

Unlike most globular clusters, Ruprecht 106 may be what astronomers call a single population globular cluster. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide Speaks With Students

JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speaks with students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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It's Flag Day

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year and commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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The Sparkle of Distant Galaxies

The brilliant cascade of stars through the middle of this image is the galaxy ESO 318-13. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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The Progress Pride Flag Flies at NASA Headquarters

The Progress Pride flag is seen flying at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)