On Feb. 25, 2021, the NASA Headquarters Building in Washington D.C. was officially renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first African American female engineer. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lrc-1974-b701_p-00557_orig.jpg

On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign is installed ahead of the building naming ceremony. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50982820971_1dd2fa382c_o.jpg

Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/333151main_ED07-0045-3_full.jpg

Did you know that NASA's Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge? http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2014-2930_1.jpg

It's March 2021 and in about another month the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p2016a-m-2000x1374.png

This artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p2109c-m-2000x1125.png

At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/715067main_JSC2003-00678_full.jpg

Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20210303-ph-ilw01_0008.jpg

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50993404591_78e2076652_o.jpg

During the March 5, 2021, spacewalk, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi spent nearly 7 hours working on the space station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e039894_0.jpg

NASA uses pi every day! http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23916.jpg

Sometime in the far distant future, about 4 billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as illustrated in this artist rendition. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/654242main_p1220b3k.jpg

An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24466-3000.jpg

On March 18, 1978, space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/7887863_1041x833.jpg

Spring doesn't just hapen on Earth. Spring also happens on some of our neighboring planets in the solar system. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/554241main_pia11667_full.jpg

NASA has investigated humanity's impact on a number of our home planet's natural resources and recently explored our impact on freshwater resources. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lakemead.jpg

More than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/630022main_pia15480-full_full.jpg

This image, taken on March 5, 2021, shows NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during a spacewalk to install solar array modification kits on the station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e039827_0.jpg

A field of sand dunes occupies this frosty 5-kilometer diameter crater in the high-latitudes of the northern plains of Mars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24420.jpeg

Expedition 65 backup and prime crew members are seen during a press conference. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51069696391_fa096c36cf_o.jpeg