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Mercury-Redstone 3 Launch

2021 May 7

Streak and Plume from SpaceX Crew-2 Launch


Spitzer's Orion

Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula!

Atlas at Dawn

This single, 251-second long exposure follows the early flight of an Atlas V rocket on August 8.

Chandrayaan 2 Launch

On July 22nd this GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) MkIII rocket vanished from sight into a cloud bank an instant after this dramatic snapshot was taken.

Shadowed Moon and Mountain

On July 16 the Moon celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 with a lunar eclipse.

Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon

Everybody saw the Moon. Nobody had ever been there.

Robotic Dragonfly Selected to Fly Across Titan

If you could fly across Titan, what would you see?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction

About 12 seconds into this video, something unusual happens.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rocket Launch between Mountains

What's happening between those mountains? A rocket is being launched to space.

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