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Blowing a Super-duper Celestial Bubble
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m. Zoom by John Williams/TerraZoom using Zoomify When NASA combines images from different…
Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Hot Halo
Artist's illustration of a hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; NASA/CXC/Ohio State/A.Gupta et al.) Our…
Fly Over California Alongside a Space Shuttle!
A view of Endeavour and SCA over California from one of NASA's F/A-18 chase planes (NASA/DFRC) We've shared several videos…
Endeavour Departs Kennedy Forever for California Home
Image caption: Endeavour departs Kennedy Space Center forever on Sept 19 on last flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Credit:…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 20, 2012
Once again, it's time for the Weekly Space Hangout - our round up of all the big space news stories…
- Kennedy Space Center
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Shuttle
- Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
Endeavour Poised for Final Takeoff on Sept. 19
Image caption: Endeavour atop the 747 SCA exits the Mate-Demate Device at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on…
35 Years Ago: Our First Family Portrait of the Earth and Moon
A crescent Earth and Moon as seen by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA) 35 years ago today, September…
NASA Probes Play the Music of Earth’s Magnetosphere
Launched on August 30, 2012, NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) satellites have captured recordings of audible-range radio waves…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea
An "ice island" that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra) Remember that enormous…
Shuttle Endeavour mated to Jumbo Jet for Final Flight
Image caption: Endeavour mated to Boeing 747 in the Mate-Demate device at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on…