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Remembering Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden

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Former astronaut Al Worden, command module pilot on the Apollo 15 lunar landing, passed away March 18, 2020, in Texas. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Celebrating Women at NASA: Aerospace Engineer Michelle Lynde

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Michelle Lynde is an aerospace engineer who conducts aerodynamic analysis of configurations using Computational Fluid Dynamics tools, wind tunnel experiments and flight tests. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Hooks a One-Arm Galaxy

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Located about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars

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This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy

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This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation in Infrared

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In this Hubble Space Telescope image, researchers has revisited one of Hubble's most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Assembling the X-59 QueSST Wing

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The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, wing assembly is lifted by a crane and moved to another area of the manufacturing floor in preparation for wing skin installation. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Hubble Spots Spirals Within a Spiral

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A galaxy having so many distinct rings is rare, making NGC 2273 unusual. Galaxy NGC 2273 hosts an inner ring and two outer “pseudorings." Rings are created when a galaxy's spiral arms appear to loop around and nearly close upon one another. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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