With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an quality engineer and supervisor at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img_7443.jpg

SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches Crew-1 to the space station on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50608452917_f5b2d81e6b_k.jpg

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2045a.jpg

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e004546.jpg

Marcellus Proctor is an enrolled member of the Piscataway-Conoy Nation and the Assistant Chief in the Electrical Engineering Division at NASA Goddard . http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img_20170829_145519929_hdr_0.jpg

Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2046a.jpg

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201121-ph-spx01_0003_large.jpg

The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201123-ph-csh01_0001.jpg

What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tde-launched-jet-nrao-artist-home_0.jpg

Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/herbig-haro-jet.jpg

JAXA and Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi relaxes at the end of the work day inside the seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e007861.jpg

The International Space Station is seen in this 13 second exposure as it flies over Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50688921216_aead452ac2_3k.jpg

NASA and Boeing have completed Starliner’s last parachute balloon-drop test designed to strengthen the spacecraft’s landing system ahead of crewed flights. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/drogue_parachute_medium_res_1042.jpg

Future lunar landers might come equipped with 3D printed rocket engine parts that help bring down overall manufacturing costs and reduce production time. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/11042020_011-090.jpg

Vice President Mike Pence introduces NASA astronauts during a meeting of the National Space Council on Dec. 9, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201209-ph-kls01_0404_orig.jpg

Dec. 11, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Langley Research Center’s 14x22 Subsonic Wind Tunnel. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/hwb_oil_visualization_larc_2013.jpg

Ten NASA-sponsored CubeSats are preparing to fly on the agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission, making this the first payload carried by Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p1042493-scaled-4.jpg

Using the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-2010a-d-1280x720.png

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a crowd of stars that looks rather like a stadium darkened before a show, lit only by the flashbulbs of the audience's cameras. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/672309main_M107_full.jpg

With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24313_03_atmosphericentry_2000.jpg