Webb Studies Star Clusters
This near-infrared image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51).
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Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight
Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight
America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 5, 1961.
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Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Moves to NASA Kennedy
Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Moves to NASA Kennedy
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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Artemis II Recovery
Artemis II Recovery
NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen under parachutes as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 7:07 p.m. EDT, NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard USS John P. Murtha.
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The Near Side of the Moon
The Near Side of the Moon
A view of the near side of the Moon, the side we always see from Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft.
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