Star Trek debuted 54 years ago on Sept. 8, 1966. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ec76-5806.jpg

Not every flight director is a legend, but some are. Take Eugene Kranz, for example. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/589229main_s65-22203_full.jpg

Globular cluster NGC 1805, a tight grouping of thousands of stars is, located near the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. In the dense center of one of these clusters, stars are 100 to 1,000 times closer together than the nearest stars are to our Sun. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2036a.jpg

During her first mission to space and to the International Space Station, Kate Rubins became the first person to sequence DNA in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss049e050595.jpg

Dr. Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August 2017 and having completed the initial astronaut candidate training is now eligible for a mission assignment. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/48466987012_c8581e9061_6k.jpg

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the United States on Sep. 15, 2020, showing the fires in the West, the smoke from those fires drifting over the country, several hurricanes converging from different angles. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fires-smoke-hurricanes.jpg

A unique and exciting detail of Hubble’s snapshot appears at mid-northern latitudes as a bright, white, stretched-out storm traveling around the planet at 350 miles per hour. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p2042a-f-1663x1663.png

Then-NASA Johnson Space Center deputy director Ellen Ochoa poses for a photo with Robonaut 2 (R2) during media day in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility on Aug. 4, 2010. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ellen_ochoa_with_robonaut2.jpg

Cyclones at the north pole of Jupiter appear as swirls of striking colors in this extreme false color rendering of an image from NASA’s Juno mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pj25_26_27_28_poln_avrg_enh_denoise_cropdisc_sharp10.png

This image from 1991 shows Earth's Moon, with its dark basaltic mare, clearly visible in great detail. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/opo9914d.jpg

Pictured is the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship, currently docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e094249.jpg

Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Fundoscope aboard the International Space Station with remote support from doctors on the ground. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss056e096896.jpg

When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, the crew brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo-astronaut-1041.jpg

Our Aqua satellite captured this composite visible and infrared image on Sep. 29, 2020, which shows that fires and smoke continue to dominate the landscape of the western U.S. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/calif-0930_0.jpg

This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (the Wolf). NGC 5643 is about 60 million light-years away from Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2039a.jpg

An Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches at 9:16 p.m. EDT, Friday, October 2, 2020, from t NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50409544708_5465f65f8c_o.jpg

Camila Morales-Navas conducts final preparations on the Electrochemical Ammonia Removal system prior to parabolic flight testing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2_camila-morales-navas-electrochemical-ammonia-removal-system.jpg

The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, also formally known as the Latching End Effector, is pictured as the International Space Station soared over the South Pacific Ocean . http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e098775.jpg

ASA spacewalkers (from left) Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy give a thumbs up during a spacewalk to install hardware and upgrade International Space Station systems. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e053998.jpg

The beautiful, blushing Iris Nebula is unique amongst its counterparts. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/c4.jpg