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F14 Fighter Jet
Alameda, California

USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
NASA's storied Launchpad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will send up a Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
space exploration

After 9 Years Abroad, Astronaut Launches Are Back in the U.S.A.

The blastoff this week on a SpaceX rocket—the first ever private launch—could be a big step toward commercial space travel.
Luna Shyr May 25, 2020
The abstract ripples could easily be a transportive computer screensaver.
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This Image Was Crowned NASA's Most Spectacular Portrait of Earth

Gaze into the depths of the ocean—from space.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 1, 2020
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this image of the southern lights with Nikon D3S digital camera in September 2011.
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Escape Into NASA's Most Incredible Images of Our Planet

And don't forget to cast your vote in "Tournament Earth."
Jessica Leigh Hester April 1, 2020
In September 2016, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station used a Nikon D4 digital camera to depict these networks of river channels in a part of Australia known as the Channel Country.
science

What’s the Most Striking Image of Earth?

NASA's Earth Observatory wants your help finding hidden gems in its vast archives.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 10, 2020
A Cygnus rocket similar to this one carried an ambitious drink order to the International Space Station this week.
science

What Are a Dozen Bottles of Bordeaux Doing in Space?

It's for science, promise.
Luke Fater November 7, 2019
The team members filled out questionnaires to test decision-making and more.
space exploration

What It's Like to Live on the Sea Floor to Simulate Life in Space

Researchers squeeze into an underwater habitat off Florida to help prepare for missions to the Moon and beyond.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 9, 2019
"Fallen Astronaut" alongside the commemorative plaque.
objects of intrigue

There Is Just One Sculpture on the Moon

“Fallen Astronaut” honors those who died in the Space Race, with a few notable omissions.
Evan Nicole Brown July 19, 2019
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
Paddys River, Australia

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.
The artist Rodney Winfield went back and forth on 11 versions of the window with officials at NASA and the National Cathedral. Finally he came up with this geometric design that pleased all parties.
space exploration

The Story Behind the 'Space Window' at D.C.'s National Cathedral

Embedded inside it is a 3 billion year-old moon rock.
Matthew Blitz July 16, 2019
This chart of the moon's surface includes inscriptions from members of every Apollo landing crew.
space exploration

For Sale: 200 Extraterrestrial Artifacts That Bring Space Down to Earth

The auction commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Matthew Taub July 15, 2019
A bed fit for a German-speaking woman between the ages of 24 and 55.
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Wanted: Women Who Will Spend 60 Days in Bed, for Science

Space agencies are looking for 12 female participants for a microgravity study that’s every couch potato’s dream.
Sabrina Imbler April 3, 2019
InSight at work on the Martian surface.
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What's the Weather Like on Mars?

A new NASA robot is braving extreme temperatures to learn about the Red Planet.
Matthew Taub February 20, 2019
Lithium in various stages of dehydration.
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See the Pixelated Desert That Powers Your Phone Battery

A lithium lakebed in Chile from above.
Noor Al-Samarrai February 19, 2019
A Moon redwood in Sacramento, California, standing tall in 2014.
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Whatever Happened to All the Moon Trees?

Sprouted from seeds that traveled to space in 1971, many haven't fared so well back on Earth.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 1, 2019
Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility.
Sandusky, Ohio

Plum Brook Station (Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility)

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.
Eugene Shoemaker looking over a lunar lander model of his own making.
science

Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon

For now, anyway.
Eric Grundhauser June 28, 2022
space exploration

GIFs in Space!

The format gives classic photos from the Apollo missions new life.
Cara Giaimo April 5, 2018