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May 27, 2008
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A full-sized, 363-foot Saturn V rocket is projected onto the east face of the Washington Monument.
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The Moon sets behind the Jefferson Memorial in Washington 50 years to the day after astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin launched on Apollo 11, the first mission to land astr...
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Winds around Jupiter's Great Red Spot are simulated in this JunoCam view that has been animated using a model of the winds there.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the lunar surface.
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Comparing Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa with Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan.
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The Apollo 11 landing site as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
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July 1994: For the first time in history, human beings watch a major impact between a comet and a planet.
Scientists Watch Comet Impact Jupiter (1994)
Fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 approaching Jupiter in 1994.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragments (1994)
This visualziation shows the major fragments of comet Showmaker-Levy 9 colliding with Jupiter in 1994.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Jupiter Impact (Visualization)
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with a "bruised" appearance in July 1994.
Jupiter "Bruised" by Comet Impact (1994)
This expanding dark spot on Jupiter appears to be the aftermath of a collision with a comet or asteroid.
Comet or Asteroid Impact on Jupiter (2009)
Impact sites of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments "D" and "G" on Jupiter.
Two Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Sites on Jupiter (1994)
An ultraviolet view reveals comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's multiple impacts on Jupiter.
Multiple Comet Impacts on Jupiter (1994)
Four images of Jupiter show the luminous night-side impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragment W Impacts Jupiter (1994)
The Aristarchus crater (about 25 miles or 40 kilometers in diameter) and plateau is one of the most geologically complex areas on the Moon. In this amazing picture, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbi...
Aristarchus Crater
The nearly full Moon rises over the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City.
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The central peaks of Plaskett crater on the Moon.
Shadowy Mountains on the Moon
The near side of Earth's Moon.
Lunar Near Side
The far side of Earth's Moon.
Lunar Far Side
A raw image from NASA's Cassini mission showing Saturn's small moon Paaliaq.
Paaliaq
A raw image from Cassini of Saturn's small moon Ymir.
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