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Apollo 11 Crew Trains for Excursion on the Sea of Tranquility

The Apollo 11 crew simulates deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the Moon during a training exercise on April 22, 1969. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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It's CERTAIN

HDV is developing the necessary systems to enable urban drone flights that travel beyond visual sight. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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50 Years of Landsat

We're celebrating 50 years of Landsat. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Blue Ripples on a Red Planet

This image shows a variety of wind-related features on the Red Planet near the center of Gamboa Crater. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Heading into (Orbital) Sunrise

The crew doesn't just snap pretty pictures; the research aboard the station benefits humanity in numerous ways. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Preparing for the Next Generation of Flight

Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Vortices Near Jupiter’s North Pole

As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Zeta Ophiuchi: A Star With a Complicated Past

Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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NASA Pays Tribute to Nichelle Nichols

NASA celebrates the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Wildflowers in Bloom at Kennedy Space Center

With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Ice Stars

Like distant galaxies amid clouds of interstellar dust, chunks of sea ice drift through graceful swirls of grease ice in the frigid waters of Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Curiosity's Dusty Selfie

Since August 2012, Curiosity has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. The rover has climbed more than 2,000 feet (612 meters), reaching progressively younger rocks that serve as a record on how Mars has evolved from a wet, habitable planet to a cold desert environment. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Moon Mosaic

This Moon-mosaic is comprised of 1,231 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) Narrow-Angle Camera (NAC) in the summer of 2018. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Hubble Gazes at a Star-Studded Skyfield

This star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6638 in the constellation Sagittarius. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Turbine Cargo Airplane lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames

In this picture from 2016, our Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft with a unique hinged nose, lands at Moffett Field at NASA Ames. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install

Artemis I Moonikin Campos Inspection and Install (More at NASA Picture of The Day)