The Little (Mars) Helicopter That Could

Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Secured Atop an Atlas V Rocket

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral.

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240,000 Miles to the Moon

On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another celestial body.

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A Peek Inside the Orion Nebula

This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming.

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A View of the Rings of Saturn

This artist's illustration shows the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.

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Celebrating 5 Years at Jupiter

On July 4, 2016, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant planet’s dense clouds

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Honoring the Space Shuttle Closeout Crew Lead

This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program – Travis Thompson, former Closeout Crew Lead.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon Departs the Space Station

The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module.

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Hubble Glimpses a Galactic Duo

Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

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This Week in NASA History: Final Launch of Shuttle Program – July 8, 2011

This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.

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