Concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by the Mars Perseverance rover. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24870.jpeg

​A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e473253.jpg

The Hubble Space Telescope's glamour shots of the universe nearly always have a discovery behind them. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51545168002_ea41161857_o.png

Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida lifted the Orion spacecraft and placed it atop the Space Launch System Moon rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/artemisi.jpg

This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_lightsaber_image2.jpg

In June 2021, NASA received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth in December 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e022434.jpg

On October 8, 2014, active regions on our Sun gave it the appearance of a jack-o'-lantern. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/halloween_sun_2014.jpeg

Take a tour of some of the most terrifying and mind-blowing destinations in our galaxy ... and beyond. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wallpaper_gamma_rays.jpeg

In this 90-second exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is rolled to the launch pad on Oct. 27, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51633780860_627133cf6c_o.jpeg

An aurora dimly intersected with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e023536.jpg

​An artists' impression of the Mariner 10 mission, the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity assist. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mariner_10_gravitational_slingshot.jpeg

The colorful planetary nebula, NGC 2438, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. It appears to lie on the outskirts of the open star cluster, M46 (NGC 2437), when in fact it is in the foreground between us and the star cluster. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc2438_wfpc2_fullsize_1mb.jpg

The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure, taken near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Nov. 4, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/aurora_trails4.jpg

This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. These Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are located in the Northern Coalsack Nebula in the direction of Cygnus, the Swan. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j2034417_freggs_fullsize_0.jpg

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the GO Navigator recovery ship after it landed off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Mon., Nov. 8, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51666658091_9efed0efd4_5k.jpg

During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23610.jpg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51671901569_f5cec8cfe4_5k.jpg

This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/04_iss066e045646.jpg

This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern constellation Chamaeleon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j167283529_ic2631_protostar_display.jpg

A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e019166.jpg