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Departing Venus
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MESSENGER Venus departure sequence.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990 as part of STS-31.
Hubble Space Telescope Deployed
This image of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Spotted
Celebrate Earth Day 2018 with these images of Earth from afar.
Earth from Afar
On April 12, 1961, the era of human spaceflight began when the Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin: First Human in Space
Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials.
Ceres Rotation and Occator Crater
This 2007 view from NASA's Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover processed by an amateur image enthusiast shows the tracks left by a drive executed with more onboard autonomy than has been used on...
First Solo
This image of Jupiter's icy satellite Europa shows surface features such as domes and ridges, as well as a region of disrupted terrain including crustal plates which are thought to have broken ...
Europa "Ice Rafts" in Local and Color Context
This enhanced color view of Jupiter's south pole was created by citizen scientist Gabriel Fiset using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Approaching Jupiter
The voyage of NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft through the Jupiter system earlier this year provided a bird's-eye view of a dynamic planet that has changed since the last close-up...
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Sees Changes in Jupiter System
A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter's northern polar region dominates this Jovian cloudscape, courtesy of NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Jupiter Storm of the High North
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Mojave" site, where its drill collected the mission's second taste of Mount Sharp.
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp
During its flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Moon. The Galileo spacecraft took these images on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97.
Earth's Moon
This is an Apollo 17 Astronaut standing upon the lunar surface with the United States flag in the background.
Apollo 17 Astronaut and United States Flag on Lunar Surface
On Dec. 13, 1972, scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split lunar boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow...
Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity
In 2002, NASA scientists and visualizers stitched together strips of brand new data, in natural color, collected over four months from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MO...
Blue Marble 2002
The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus.
Venus - Computer Simulated Global View of the Northern Hemisphere
Sapas Mons is displayed in the center of this computer-generated three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus.
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Sapas Mons
This image shows a perspective view, looking towards Mercury's north and colorized by the topographic height of the surface.
Lowlands in Mercury's North
This mosaic of NAC images shows the impact crater Hokusai, located on Mercury at a latitude of 58°N.
The Impressive Rays of Hokusai
This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission.
Colors of the Innermost Planet: View 1
The young rays of Mena crater contrast brightly against the surrounding surface, though the rays will gradually fade with time.
The Bright Rays of Mena
The set of images shown here in color was acquired as part of a sequence intended to monitor any changes in the calibration of the multispectral Wide Angle Camera over time, but it also gives a bea...
The Beauty of Calibration
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:13 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.&nb...
NASA's SDO Sees Sun Emit Mid-Level Flare Oct. 1
A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun on December 31, 2012, twisting and turning.
Solar Ballet on the Sun
On April 21, 2010, NASA released the first-light images from its newest sun-monitoring mission, the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Prominence from the Solar Dynamics Observatory
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The 2018 Webby Awards have honored NASA's digital communications.
NASA Web Sites, Social Media Honored in 2018 Webby Awards
Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, has been verified as one of the key components of clouds at Uranus.
What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs
Jim Bridenstine was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on April 23 to serve as the agency's 13th administrator.
Jim Bridenstine Sworn in as NASA Administrator
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data.
NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunter Spacecraft -- Four Years of Data
Statements from Rep. Jim Bridenstine and acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the U.S. Senate confirmation of Bridenstine as the 13th Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Statements on Jim Bridenstine’s Senate Confirmation as NASA Administrator
In December 2017, President Donald J. Trump gave NASA a new direction, telling the agency to work with international and commercial partners to refocus exploration efforts on the moon, with an eye to eventually going on to Mars and even beyond.
NASA's Exploration Campaign: Back to the Moon and on to Mars
