Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.
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Eclipse Over Antarctica
Eclipse Over Antarctica
This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021.
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Become a Flight Director … And Perhaps a Legend
Become a Flight Director … And Perhaps a Legend
Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control.
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Photographing Mars
Photographing Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of this scene at two times of day on Nov. 16, 2021.
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Eagle, Omega Nebula, Trifid, and Lagoon: Four Famous Nebulae
Eagle, Omega Nebula, Trifid, and Lagoon: Four Famous Nebulae
These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula (which contains the Pillars of Creation), the Omega Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, and the Lagoon Nebula.
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