When NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches around the Moon later this year, a suited manikin will be its passenger. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/moonikin.jpg
In a series of flights between June 1-6, 2021, Stratodynamics Inc. launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider from a high-altitude balloon to study turbulence. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hidron_over_new_mexico_hero_3.jpg
On Monday, June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of liberation became known as Juneteenth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/iss036e009405-full.jpg
NASA Expedition 65 astronaut Shane Kimbrough is pictured during the Friday, June 18, 2021, spacewalk. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e120861.jpg
Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency worked to install new roll out solar arrays on the space station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e121354.jpg
In this June 2021 image, our Sun's glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above south of western Australia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e086377.jpg
A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2125a.jpg
This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51271450910_2301dffc91_o.jpeg
NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sc20_lava.png
Today is International Asteroid Day! http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19380.jpeg
This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen Chandra observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the Milky Way. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51189669328_bf2f1fc18f_o.jpeg
This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2126a.jpg
Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1685_toi1231b_1280.jpeg
Our birthday wishes for Ringo Starr's 81st birthday are almost boundless. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ecvp2toxgayao43.jpeg
This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/201107080016hq_orig.jpg
Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2127a.jpg
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e162353.jpg
This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program – Travis Thompson, former Closeout Crew Lead. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/travis.jpeg
On July 4, 2016, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant planet’s dense clouds http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/juno_psychedelic_desktop_background_version_2_1920x1080.png
This artist's illustration shows the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22766-nasa.jpg