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

NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks with students about his time aboard the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51690129720_d736c05b73_o.jpeg

The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc2024_flame1_wfc3_ir_display.jpg

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will help determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dart_header_2.jpg

Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc1977_hh45b_display.jpg

This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ztf_bh_merger_webready.original.jpg

NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6891_display.jpg

As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e081189.jpg

These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24577.jpeg

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24937-am-3-1041.jpg