Neptune Shows Off Its Rings in Near-Infrared Light

On Sept. 21, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years. via NASA https://ift.tt/zA0LNSQ

Ellen Ochoa Suits Up

Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water survival training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in 2001. via NASA https://ift.tt/70CsroO

DART Team Celebrates Successful Collision

In this image from Sept. 26, 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, and guests at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory cheer as they receive confirmation of DART’s collision with Dimorphos. via NASA https://ift.tt/3vYcAW5

Golden DART’s Galactic Unboxing

Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from a shipping container onto a work stand inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in this image from Oct. 4, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/91tF3Th

John W. Young’s Lunar Salute

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 spacewalk. via NASA https://ift.tt/mDeJ8rk

Endeavour Gets a Piggyback Ride

Our Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston in this Sept. 20, 2012, image. via NASA https://ift.tt/XxRNmWj

Frank Rubio Trains for Spacewalk

In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks. via NASA https://ift.tt/kw2s0vJ

A Stormy Stellar Nursery

This cloudy, turbulent scene shows a stellar nursery within the Large Magellanic Cloud known as N159. via NASA https://ift.tt/7lOj8Jq

Michael E. López-Alegría Poses During Spacewalk

Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular activity on Oct. 18, 2000. via NASA https://ift.tt/JWPxjM1

A Bird's-Eye View of the Vehicle Assembly Base

A little blue heron is seen in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/UgA7Dja

Snowcapped Mountains in Western China

The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/7oi5cqK

Reflecting on President Kennedy's Moonshot Speech

On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston. via NASA https://ift.tt/0RK9w3x

Mediterranean Cities Light Up the Night

This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 261 miles above looks across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to southern Europe. via NASA https://ift.tt/witVIYe

NASA's Hubble Finds Spiraling Stars, Providing Window into Early Universe

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Voyager 1’s Mission to the Outer Planet Begins

The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time. via NASA https://ift.tt/tr96byp

A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb

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The Crater Farm

Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA's Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. via NASA https://ift.tt/7KMHEQp