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[Robby]

NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021

Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk places a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial during a ceremony that was part of NASA's Day of Remembrance. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Hubble Spots an Interstellar Interaction

Captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESO 455-10 is one such chaotic planetary nebula, located in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Remembering STS-107 and Her Crew

The STS-107 crewmembers strike a ‘flying’ pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Works to Upgrade the Station

Victor Glover, who has accumulated 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 aircraft, over 400 carrier arrested landings and 24 combat missions, took his first spacewalk on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Seeing Our Moon from the Space Station

The waning gibbous moon is pictured the day after its full Moon phase as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above China near the Mongolian border. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Apollo 14 Arrives in Lunar Orbit on Feb. 4, 1971

Apollo 14 arrived n lunar orbit on Feb. 4, 1971 to prepare for the landing in and exploration of the Fra Mauro highlands. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud

The tip of the "wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this view from NASA's Great Observatories. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Jeanette Epps: Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer

In this image from 2018, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps trains in a U.S. spacesuit at the Johnson Space Center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Sunrise Over the Pacific

This view of a sunrise breaking through the Earth's horizon was taken as the International Space Station orbited 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Chile. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[luxefaire]

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[Robby]

The Coalsack Nebula

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Crystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station

There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each one of them holds important information related to our health. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Bernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker

A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform a spacewalk in February 1995, . (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs on Earth to Find Life on Mars

If we find life on the Red Planet, we'll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to thank. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

The Empire State Building Illuminated for Mars Perseverance

The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Showcasing the Rover at the Perseverance Engineering and Technology Overview

During the Mars Perseverance engineering and technology overview on Feb. 16, 2021, chief engineer Adam Steltzner displays a rover wheel. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Perseverance Rover Lands on the Red Planet

NASAs Perseverance Rover lands on Mars. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Quincy Kelley]

Now that's intriguing.

 

[Robby]

Alvin Drew: Down to Earth

On Feb. 28, 2011, NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participates in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

[Robby]

Perseverance Snaps Its First Full-Color Image of Mars

This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)