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Yikes! Lightning Strike Near KSC Launchpad
[/caption] That was close! A fixed camera at launchpad B at Kennedy Space Center (which is being torn down/modified) captured…
Everyday Astronauts
[/caption] What do astronauts do when they aren't in space? Commercial photographer Hunter Freeman's images all seem to have a…
Can’t Get to Kennedy Space Center? See Launchpad Up Close in Gigapan
[/caption] From experience, I can tell you being at one of the launchpads at Kennedy Space Center is awesome beyond…
Spitzer, the Wallpaper Factory, Does it Again
At the end of the proverbial day, space-based missions like Spitzer produce millions of observations of astronomical objects, phenomena, and…
Cassini Survives Close Encounter of the Death Star Kind!
[/caption] On February 13, 2010, Cassini flew by Saturn's moon Mimas, coming as close as 9,500 km. It passed directly…
Gemini’s New Filters Reveal the Beauty of Star Birth
[/caption] About 2,000 light-years away, in the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), lies Sharpless 2-106 (after Stewart Sharpless who put…
On New Year’s Eve, Cassini Will Stare at the Death Star’s Superlaser
OK, it's actually the Herschel crater on Mimas, a smallish moon of Saturn (and it's the eve of Chinese New…
Nebula Wallpaper
Want a nebula wallpaper to put as the background image of your computer desktop? Here's a handful of nebula images.…
Amazing Images
Here are some amazing images of space: This is an amazing image of the Moon taken from the International Space…
NASA Pictures
NASA has the absolute best resources on the web for pictures of space. We write so many articles about space…