Space

Resupply vehicle approaches International Space Station

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An unpiloted ISS Progress resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station for docking on Nov. 2, 2011. The vehicle is carrying 1,653 pounds of propellant, 110 [...]

Launch of the first Space Shuttle in 1981

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On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the first flight of the space shuttle fleet.  Aboard [...]

The Southeastern United States seen from Space Station

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This photographed of the Southeastern United States was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 from the International Space Station on Oct. 18, 2011. The [...]

Algea bloom on Lake Erie

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The green in this image captured on Oct. 5, 2011, is the worst algae bloom Lake Erie has experienced in decades. The bloom is primarily [...]

The colors of the Great Lakes

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This image captured by the Aqua satellite on Oct. 9, 2011, shows the blue of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron caused by sediment brought to [...]

Satellite view of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve

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This natural-color image of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve was captured on Sept. 15, 2000, by the Landsat 7 satellite and shows the 6-mile Aniakchak [...]

The ‘Pacman Nebula’ as seen from Chandra

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This image of  star cluster NGC 281, known as the Pacman Nebula, was taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and was released in September 2011. [...]

The Earth and the moon

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This image of Earth’s moon was photographed by the crew of the International Space Station. The moon floats above the Earth and its orange-colored troposphere. [...]

The sun, the Earth and the International Space Station

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This photograph was taken during a spacewalk in May 2011 and shows part of the International Space Station as well ad the Earth’s horizon and [...]

Eclipse as seen from Solar Dynamics Observatory

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The Fall 2011 eclipse season for the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft started on September 11, 2011. The Solar Dynamics Observatory has eclipse seasons twice a [...]

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