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

This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01evt7y2q7jz2hg3fxtptnbmre.jpeg

On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another celestial body. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s69-46481.jpeg

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51317308386_eac29deb01_o.jpeg

Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mars_perseverance_blog1.jpeg

This image from May 11, 1971, is a high angle view showing the Apollo 15 spacecraft on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A, Launch Complex 39. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9359170922_ac5d3eb11a_o.jpeg

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51337745140_f19555a924_o_0.jpeg

From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from the blazing core, home of a supermassive black hole. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01evsstnpe19vmag1wgve19b2h.png

On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and SDO all stared at our Sun. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19821-nustar_xrt_sun.jpg

Apollo 15 Commander David Scott drives the lunar roving vehicle on the surface of the Moon, the first time the rover was used. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo15lunarrover2.jpeg

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51351712377_a30259b8d7_o.jpeg