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Orion "Go" for Launch

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A test version of NASA’s Orion crew module is ready for rollback at Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Taking to the Skies: Orion Test Brings Moon, Mars Missions Closer

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A launch abort system (LAS) with a test version of Orion attached soars upward on NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test atop a Northrop Grumman provided booster on July 2, 2019, after launching at 7 a.m. EDT. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
NASA's First Rover on the Red Planet

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This 8-image mosaic of the Sojourner rover on the surface of Mars was acquired during the late afternoon on Sol 2. Sojourner arrived aboard the Mars Pathfinder on July 4, 1997. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Peers at Galactic Cherry Blossoms

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The galaxy NGC 1156 resembles a delicate cherry blossom tree flowering in springtime in this Hubble image. The many bright "blooms" within the galaxy are in fact stellar nurseries — regions where new stars are springing to life. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Talks to Apollo 11 and Artemis 1 Launch Teams

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Then and Now: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins talks to Apollo 11 and Artemis 1 Launch Teams in Firing Room 1 at Kennedy Space Center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Soyuz Heads to the Launch Pad in Black and White

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In this black and white infrared image, the Soyuz rocket is seen as it transported to the launch pad by train, Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Snaps a Galactic Potpourri of Particles

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The sharply angled perspective in this Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 3169 makes it seem as if we, the viewers, are craning our necks to see over a barrier into the galaxy's bright center. In the case of NGC 3169, this barrier is the thick dust embedded within the galaxy's spiral arms. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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