Hubble Checks in on a Galactic Neighbor

The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars, dominates this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/DVq6Giu

Artemis II Heat Shield Installed

Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/cfviFYU

Rising to the Challenge: NASA TechRise Student Teams Take Flight

Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge. via NASA https://ift.tt/L9BvGWh

Sunning at Kennedy

A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/58eNwPv

Exploring Climate Data in a New Way

Local students take in the sights—and data—at an Earth Information Center student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/Wq81cOR

Hubble Glimpses a Glistening Cluster

The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/X6pfGrB

One Last Look from Skylab 2

During the Skylab 2 crew's final fly-around inspection on June 22, 1973, they saw this overhead view of the Skylab Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/U5TtCwQ

The Glowing North Sea

As sunlight and warmth increase in the spring and summer, the North Sea starts to gain swirls and tendrils of color. via NASA https://ift.tt/uZlJUeD

It's Rock Science

Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (middle), and Victor Glover of NASA (right) pay close attention to Moon samples as they receive a lesson in the Apollo Lunar Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 9, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/knblE7V

A View of Galveston the Birthplace of Juneteenth

This image of Galveston was taken by the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station on June 20, 2022, as it orbited 224 miles above. via NASA https://ift.tt/h4X0352

Artemis II Module Makes a Move

The European Service Module for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft moves into the Final Assembly and System Testing Cell at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in this image from May 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/YiRQG9V

A Dragon Beams Up

In this long exposure photo from June 5, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a beam of light as it launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/eOTFdjn

Spacewalker Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm

Spacewalker Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm while maneuvering a roll-out solar array toward the International Space Station's truss structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/DGe7UMk

Hubble Observes a Cosmic Sea Creature

The jellyfish galaxy JO206 trails across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/Brs3ARF

A Cloudy Approach

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, providing a dramatic background for the SpaceX CRS-28 Dragon cargo craft as it approached the International Space Station for docking on June 6, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/q4mULk3

Crew-5 Visits NASA Headquarters

On June 5, 2023, Crew-5 astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Nicole A. Mann (second from left) of NASA, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (right) visited NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana (second from right) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/LTp7ZVX

A Bloom in Space

This colorful zinnia, shown in an image from Jan. 22, 2016, grew aboard the International Space Station as part of the VEG-01 experiment. via NASA https://ift.tt/YUynATt

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Unveils Poem for Europa Clipper

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reads her poem for the Europa Clipper mission during an event with NASA, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Library of Congress in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/R74lLWU