Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli captured this image of New Zealand, dotted by white clouds, on Sept. 12, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 230 miles above the island nation. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss069-e-86875.jpg

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/53210646183_c08c1305c8_o.jpg

A turtle moves through a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 4, 2017. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20170504-ph_sww01_0057orig.jpg

This image, taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, shows the reddish-brown waters of the Betsiboka River Delta in Madagascar. The color is caused by the transport of iron-rich sediment. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/iss070e000959-lrg.jpg)

On Sept. 7, 2023, during its 54th close flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of an area in the giant planet’s far northern regions called Jet N7. The image shows turbulent clouds and storms along Jupiter’s terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the planet. The low angle of sunlight highlights the complex topography of features in this region, which scientists have studied to better understand the processes playing out in Jupiter’s atmosphere. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/just-in-time-for-halloween-nasas-juno-mission-spots-eerie-face-on-jupiter.jpg)

This nighttime view from the International Space Station shows the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. The orbital lab was soaring 262 miles above the Pine Tree State of Maine at the time of this photograph. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iss070e013946orig.jpg)

6,500 light-years away lies the Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star. While this target has been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s infrared sensitivity and resolution offer new clues into the makeup and origins of this scene. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/53297865145-e3db450a1b-o.png)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hubble-jupiter-jul22-3-flat-final.webp)

The NASA Worm Logo sign is unveiled before the ribbon cutting ceremony to open NASA’s Earth Information Center, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at NASA Headquarters building in Washington. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nhq202306210039orig.jpg)

The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/euclid-s-view-of-spiral-galaxy-ic-342.jpg)

Casey Denham, aerospace engineer with the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, works with tribal students during a STEM activity at the American Indian Engineering Sciences (AISES) National Conference in Spokane, Washington, Oct. 19-21, 2023. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/casey-denham.jpg)

A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying the DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/wff-2023-080-157.jpg)

In this photo from Nov. 9, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminates the water as it launches at night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 29th commercial resupply mission of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft brought new scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station, including NASA’s Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) and Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ksc-20231109-ph-kls01-0024-orig.jpg)

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/53296469002-a92ea42cb9-o.jpg)

A 35mm camera, operated by astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, recorded this wide scene of his Skylab 4 crewmates on the other end of the orbital workshop. Astronauts Jerry P. Carr (right), commander, and Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, pose for the snapshot. Also in the frame are parts of three Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, used on several EVA sessions during the third manning of the Skylab space station. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sl4-150-5062orig.jpg)

NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg)

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., attired in his Mercury pressure suit, poses for a photo on May 5, 1961, prior to his launch in a Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission – the first U.S. manned spaceflight. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/s63-02082orig.jpg)

The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. A large region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, contains intriguing needle-like structures that lack any uniform orientation. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stsci-01hf7p3b6pw5ds5n9m9xd1ey27.png)

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her spacesuit ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iss068e040060orig.jpg)

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins (left) and Rick Mastracchio, both Expedition 38 flight engineers, pose for a photo with a Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. (https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iss038e009306orig.jpg)