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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…

14 years ago

Everyday Astronauts

[/caption] What do astronauts do when they aren't in space? Commercial photographer Hunter Freeman's images all seem to have a…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago

Nebula Wallpaper

Want a nebula wallpaper to put as the background image of your computer desktop? Here's a handful of nebula images.…

15 years ago

Amazing Images

Here are some amazing images of space: This is an amazing image of the Moon taken from the International Space…

15 years ago

NASA Pictures

NASA has the absolute best resources on the web for pictures of space. We write so many articles about space…

15 years ago