Space NASA Image of the Day

Hubble Peers into a Glistening Star Cluster

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The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
SpaceX Dragon Crew Ship Approaches the International Space Station

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The SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft, named Freedom, is seen as it approaches the International Space Station with four Axiom Mission 2 private astronauts aboard on Monday, May 22, 2023. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Strategic Partnerships Manager Anita Dey

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"If I can advocate for all the groups that need equity, I'm glad to do it." – Anita Dey, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Outreach and Engagement, NASA Headquarters (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
TROPICS Prepped to Track Storms

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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch on Friday, May 26, with NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats payload. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Computer Programmer and Mathematician Josephine Jue

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Hired by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963, Josephine Jue was a Chinese-American computer programmer and mathematician who worked for the agency for more than 30 years. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Unveils Poem for Europa Clipper

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for the Europa Clipper mission during an event with NASA, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Library of Congress in Washington. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
NASA TV Executive Producer Rebecca Sirmons

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"'NASA for all.' That's something that I think is really important because we are the universe, right? We are made of star stuff, and I think now more than ever, we all need to remember that we're part of a greater purpose." – Rebecca Sirmons, NASA TV Executive Producer, NASA Headquarters (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Crew-5 Visits NASA Headquarters

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On June 5, 2023, Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Nicole A. Mann (second from left) of NASA, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (right) visited NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana (second from right) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
A Cloudy Approach

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The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, providing a dramatic background for the SpaceX CRS-28 Dragon cargo craft as it approached the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2023. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Systems Engineering Supervisor Amy Lendian

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"So here I am, a transgender woman, an engineer, working at Kennedy Space Center, and I get to work around these really smart, wonderful people, supporting the Artemis mission, sitting in the control room during the launch." — Amy Lendian, Systems Engineering Supervisor, Amentum Spaceport, NASA's Kennedy Space Center (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Spacewalker Woody Hoburg Rides the Canadarm2 Robotic Arm

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Spacewalker Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array toward the International Space Station's truss structure. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Artemis II Module Makes a Move

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The European Service Module for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft moves into the Final Assembly and System Testing Cell at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in this image from May 22, 2023. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
It's Rock Science

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Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (middle), and Victor Glover of NASA (right) pay close attention to Moon samples as they receive a lesson in the Apollo Lunar Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 9, 2023. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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