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Landing of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

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Cloud shadows stretch across the Earth during an orbital sunset as the International Space Station soared 258 miles above the Atlantic coast of Suriname in South America.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the bright sun during the mission's third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). 

Commander Moonikin Campos, a sensored stand-in for humans that traveled into deep space and around the Moon aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission, is packed within its transport crate for its trip back to Johnson Space Center.

Galileo Galilei's first drawings of the Moon after seeing it through his telescope in 1609

Phobos eclipses the sun, as seen from the martian surface by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.

The launch of USSF-67 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket was spotted from the International Space Station!

Saturn and Dione, captured by NASA Cassini.

The north pole of the Moon is characterized by a lack of large impact craters and an abundance of small, relatively young craters. The surface at the north pole is also covered in a layer of ice, which is thought to have been deposited by comets impacting the Moon's surface. The area has some of the most rugged and mountainous terrain on the Moon.

Pillars of Creation, as seen by NASA JWST

Charon, moon of Pluto.

The "Cosmic Cliffs" in the Carina Nebula are regions of dense gas and dust that have been sculpted by intense radiation and winds from massive stars. These cliffs are thought to be the result of the process of photoevaporation, in which intense ultraviolet radiation from hot, massive stars heats and ionizes the surrounding gas, causing it to expand and erode away the surrounding dust and gas. The cliffs are also shaped by the strong stellar winds from the massive stars, which can compress and shape the gas and dust in the region. The cliffs are known to be a site of active star formation.

Orbital sunrise on the International Space Station

Mimas, Saturn's "Death Star" moon.