On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, the Orion spacecraft’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the Moon below. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/art001e000343_orig.jpg
This whole collection is NGC 1858, an open star cluster in the northwest region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way that boasts an abundance of star-forming regions. NGC 1858 is estimated to be around 10 million years old. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc1858.jpg
On the 19th day of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 4, 2022, a camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the Moon just in frame as Orion prepared for its return powered flyby on Dec. 5, when it passed approximately 79 miles above the lunar surface. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/art001e001999_orig.jpg
In this Dec. 1993, onboard view from Space Shuttle mission STS-61 shows astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman's Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9401028_orig.jpg
This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, as they traveled toward the moon on their lunar landing mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo_17_blue_marble_photo_dec_7_1972_as17-148-22727.jpg
In this illustration by Rick Giudice from August 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes by the gas giant planet Jupiter. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/arc-1973-ac73-4247-6_orig.jpg
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On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 5, 2022, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return powered flyby, the final major engine maneuver of the flight test. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52546705066_0e1e95222c_o.jpg
At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5-day mission to the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20221211-ph-jmb01-0001_orig.jpg
In this photo from Dec. 15, 1965, the Gemini-VII spacecraft is seen from the Gemini-VI-A spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s65-63188_orig.jpg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard is seen as it rolls out to the pad, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52562212346_054a94d321_o.jpg
Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6956.jpg
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A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6530_potw2250a.jpg
The Moog Surefly vehicle hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport in this photo from summer 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/grc-2022-c-04145.jpg
The lander's journey of discovery into the interior structure and composition of Mars has come to a close. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/_mars.nasa_.gov_insight-raw-images_surface_sol_1436_icc_c000m1436_724026383edr_f0000_0200m_1042.png
By taking a closer look at one of Webb’s first images, the iconic Cosmic Cliffs, scientists have found dozens of energetic jets and outflows from young stars previously hidden by dust clouds. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01gkmkkhkk7hr64v5hgx4gms9k_0.png
Hawaii's big island and its two major volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa rest under a partly cloudy sky on Feb. 8, 2022, in this view from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e137869_orig.jpg
On Dec. 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon, and the first to witness the magnificent sight called
The James Webb Space Telescope spies the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, in this image released on Dec. 21, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52577236876_109214e963_o.jpg
This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft’s HIRISE instrument on Oct. 23, 2022, of the northern plains of Arabia Terra shows craters that contain curious deposits with mysterious shapes and distribution. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25703_orig.jpg
An osprey is seen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as launch preparations continued Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52329096977_2d3bfc71c5_o.jpg