
ALT One-third of Earth peeking through the window of the Orion capsule. The planet is a dreamy pale blue, swirling with white clouds and reflected sunlight. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image by far. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts, reminiscent of a heavy duty airplane window. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible. Brighter white components are visible in the upper right corner. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

ALT A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

ALT The Artemis II rocket and spacecraft can be seen at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during the early morning of Wednesday, April 1. The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft are standing to the right of the trussed structure of the mobile launcher. A lightning tower can be seen in the center of the image. The sky is an orange haze in the background. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

ALT A map of North America zoomed in and highlighting the United States. A thick, gray line representing the eclipse’s trajectory crosses over the map diagonally from Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast. Thinner lines representing percentage of eclipse coverage cross the map parallel to the thick line of totality. An outline of a globe with the highlighted eclipse trajectory is in the bottom right corner of the image. Credit: NASA
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ALT A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. The dark circle formation at the center is the Moon which is blocking the Sun with its white colored rays peeking out from behind the Moon. The darkness of space is surrounding the background. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

ALT Set of two different United States Postal Service stamps in a two by two grid. The top left and bottom right sections are of the same stamp, depicting Webb's image of the "Cosmic Cliffs" in the Carina Nebula. The image resembles rust-colored cliffs below a dark blue, starry sky. The largest stars have long spikes protruding from them in Webb's signature 8-point pattern. This Priority Mail Express stamp is labeled USA, 30.45, Cosmic Cliffs. The top right and bottom left sections show the other stamp, an image of the Pillars of Creation in mid-infrared light by Webb. This image shows three prominent pillars of semi-opaque gas and dust, each in gray-blue. From left to right, each pillar is consecutively smaller. The background of this scene is glowing shades of orange-red mixed with black. This Priority Mail stamp is labeled USA, 9.85, Pillars of Creation.

ALT A bright young star, located in the upper left quadrant, shines through layers of wispy white and blue clouds on a dark background. The star is surrounded by thick orange spikes in an eight-pointed pattern, overlaid across the majority of the frame. A patch of greenish-yellow clouds appears in the top right area of the image. There are a couple other bright spots seen as glowing yellow dots among the clouds, as well as another bright star with smaller blue diffraction spikes in the bottom right corner.

ALT A photo taken from the side as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson uses both hands to place a wreath in front of the space shuttle Challenger memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath has red and white flowers. Nelson is dressed in a black coat. There are two rows of gravestones in the image. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

ALT In this view looking up, NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 – adorned with an Artemis banner – can be seen bearing the weight of the agency’s Artemis I Moon rocket and mobile launcher as it carries the duo to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on June 6, 2022. Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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