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

Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/christopher_kraft.jpeg

This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/epic_1b_20211204075803.png

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51731031588_c62a45b30c_o.jpeg

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/coalsack_acs1_hpfinal.jpg

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51733990422_be2a3d80f0_o.jpeg