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Happy Holidays 2016 - Solar System Edition

Illustration of holiday lights and spacecraft in snowglobes.

Source: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech

Published: December 11, 2016

Happy Holidays from the Planetary Science Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

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