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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Expedition 52 Red Square Visit

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Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Randy Bresnik of NASA visit Red S...
Monday, July 10, 2017

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ‘Hangs Out’ in Houston

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July 10, 2017: Houston might have a high of 95 degrees Fahrenheit this week, but NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will soon be hanging ...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Northern Canada: Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too | NASA

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July 5, 2017: Icy lakes and rivers make a significant footprint on the Arctic landscape. Though widely dispersed, lakes cover as much ...

Apollo AS-203 Rocket Launch: July 5, 1966 | This Week in NASA History

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This week in 1966, the AS-203 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This week in 1966, the AS-203 rocket launched from NASA’...

Spiral Galaxy Messier 77: Wide-field image | European Southern Observatory

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This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy Messier 77 and its surroundings. Messier 77 appears at the center and the e...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Dazzling Spiral Galaxy with an Active Heart | European Southern Observatory

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July 5, 2017: ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a magnificent face-on view of the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77. The imag...

Titan's Colorful South Polar Vortex at Saturn | NASA Cassini

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This true color image captured by NASA'S Cassini spacecraft before a distant flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on June 27, 2012, shows ...

The Fireworks Galaxy | Happy July 4th!

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NGC 6946 is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away from Earth. In the past century, eight supernovas hav...

Astronaut Peggy Whitson: A Proud American | NASA

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NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson is suited up in a U.S. spacesuit inside the crew lock portion of ...

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery: U.S. Flag Bearer | Happy July 4th!

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In 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery made its maiden spaceflight after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. On board STS-41D was Judith...

Happy 4th of July from NASA!

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NASA astronaut Jack Fischer took this photograph of an American flag in one of the windows of the International Space Station's cupol...

Happy Fourth of July! | International Space Station

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U.S. Astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson wearing stars and stripes pose for a photo inside the space station module. NASA astronauts...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

Canada selects two new astronauts | Canadian Space Agency

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Congratulations to Jenni and Joshua on Canada Day 150! Natives of Calgary and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, are newest recruits July 1, ...

Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Happy Canada Day!

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NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg: "Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian colleagues & friends! The Canadarm2 glows maple leaf red in t...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

The ‘Face’ of Jupiter | NASA Juno Mission

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JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science—sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. This image, processed by citizen scienti...

Terrier-Improved Malemute Launch: Vapor deployment test | NASA Wallops

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A NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched at 4:25 a.m., Thursday, June 29. The rocket flew to an altitud...