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RM2K5E3HM–Highest resolution version of a James Webb Space Telescope composite image showing the Cartwheel and its companion galaxies. The Cartwheel is composed of two rings, a bright inner ring and a colourful outer ring. Both rings expand outward from the center of the collision like shockwaves. This snapshot provides perspective on what happened to the galaxy in the past and what it will do in the future. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI / Digitaleye
RM2K5E6YC–Bedrock at this site added to a puzzle about ancient Mars by indicating that a lake was present, but that little carbon dioxide was in the air to help keep a lake unfrozen. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
RM2K5E6YJ–NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars. This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called 'Buckskin' on lower Mount Sharp. NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
RM2HN76AM–TEM image, depicting numerous Lassa virus virions. Many of the virions can be seen outside the confines of the host cell, but some have broken away
RM2K5E47F–The NASA team moving parts of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to begin assembly of the upper part of the rocket's core stage for the Artemis II Moon mission. On March 19 2021, the intertank was moved to the vertical assembly area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the core stage was manufactured. The intertank flight hardware is part of the upper portion of the core stage that will help power Artemis II, the second flight of the deep space rocket and the first crewed lunar mission of NASA's Artemis program An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E6X3–Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon sunlight brightens a broad swath of the sea surface on the right side of the image. In the distance, a wide layer of clouds mostly obscures the northern Philippine islands (top right). A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E6YA–An Earth observation taken from the International Space Station during a day pass. Also in view is the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which arrived on 9 December 2015, carrying science and other supplies. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E478–Artemis II Engine Section Moves to Final Assembly. On 24 May2022, the core stage production team moved the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engine section for Artemis II to the core stage final integration area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, USA. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/JLyons)
RM2K5E47B–Moving NASA's Completed Deep Space Rocket Test Article. This engine section structural test article for NASA's Space Launch System is being prepared to be shipped on the barge Pegasus from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Once it arrives at the Marshall Center, it will undergo structural testing. The engine section will house four RS-25 engines and power the core stage of the Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E6YP–As a child, Kate Rubins dreamed of being an astronaut and a scientist. During her time aboard the International Space Station, that dream came full circle. She became the first person to sequence DNA in space, among other research during her recent mission, adding to her already impressive experience. She holds a doctorate in molecular biology, and previously led a lab of 14 researchers studying viruses A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA. Editorial use only.
RM2K5E6WR–This stunning Earth image taken by the Expedition 47 crew on 31 May 2016, from the International Space Station looks from nw China on the bottom into eastern Kazakhstan. The large lake in Kazakhstan with golden sun glint is the crescent-shaped Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia. Lake Balkhash sits in the Balkhash-Alakol depression in southeastern Kazakhstan and stretches over 7,115 square miles. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E3T7–Martian landscape. This HiRISE image shows landforms on the surface of Mars.Possible Cyclic Bedding within a Crater in Arabia Terra. 'Cyclic bedding' refers to a pattern of layering caused by repeated fluctuations in the amount of available sediment that creates new rock layers. These fluctuations are caused by long-term changes in the region's climate, with periods on the order of millions, or possibly hundreds of millions of years. It's possible that even the wobble of the planet might be a contributing factor. A unique optimised version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona
RM2G7B1JM–Space Shuttle Endeavour Touchdown STS-123. As night falls on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Endeavour is moments away from touchdown on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility to end the STS-123 mission, a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles.The landing was on the second opportunity after the first was waved off due to unstable weather in the Kennedy Space Center area. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatoty credit: NASA
RM2K5E48F–NASA and Boeing have cleared the dome, shown here, for use as the bottom of dome of a SLS liquid oxygen tank structural test article. After the dome is welded to the rest of the test article in the Vertical Assembly Center, right, it will undergo inspection and processing before being shipped from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for structural testing. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/ JGuidry
RM2K5E48M–Space Launch System (SLS) Engine Section Test Article Aboard Barge Pegasus. A test article of the SLS engine section is aboard the barge Pegasus and will make its way to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for structural loads testing, where it will endure pushing, pulling, twisting and bending, with millions of pounds of force to ensure the structure can withstand the incredible stresses of launch. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/SSeipel
RM2K5E6YN–Astronauts on the International Space Station captured a series of incredible star trail images on 3 October 2016, as they orbited at 17,500 miles per hour. The station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, and astronauts aboard see an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA?
RM2G7B1KW–Discovery Approaches ISS. This front-on, 800mm zoom lens view of the top part of Space Shuttle Discovery's cabin was provided by one of the Expedition 23 crew members onboard the International Space Station. The shuttle was in the midst of a back-flip, performed to enable the station's cameras to survey it for possible damage. An optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA. Editorial use only.
RM2K5E413–The Martian landscape, Mars. The shadow of NASA's Mars Exploration Opportunity rover, seen near Endeavor Crater on Mars. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E3G6–James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) lifted onto flight launch adapter at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Webb launched on Dec 25, 2021. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2K5E3E3–Preparing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for space. Webb has the largest mirror of its kind that NASA has ever built. In March 2020, testing teams deployed Webb's 21'4' (6.5m) primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.Like the art of origami, Webb is a collection of movable parts that have been specifically designed to fold to a compact formation that is considerably smaller than when the observatory is fully deployed. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only
RM2K5E46H–Technicians lifted the intertank for NASA's deep space rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), into a vertical stacking area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Here, engineers will join it with two other large structures to form the top half of the 212-foot-tall core stage that will be flown on Exploration Mission-1, the first flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft. The intertank, which holds some of the avionics that help control the rocket, will be bolted to the propellant tank. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/JGuidry
RM2K5E48K–A NASA KAMAG transporter tractor with 96 wheels hauls the Space Launch System's launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) to an area where spray-on foam insulation will be applied. The LVSA recently completed manufacturing on a 30-foot welding tool at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the largest piece of the rocket built in Marshall's Huntsville manufacturing facility. An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/ CBeason
RM2K5E6X4–Chile's Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert on Earth -- and a ready analog for Mars' rugged, arid terrain. Few places are as hostile to life as Chile's Atacama Desert. It's the driest non-polar desert on Earth, and only the hardiest microbes survive there. Its rocky landscape has lain undisturbed for eons, exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation from the sun. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech
RM2G7B206–Ellesmere Island mountain tops bathed in light as the sunrises above the horizon. NASA's Aerial Survey of Polar Ice Expands Its Arctic Reach. Ellesmere Island is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2G7B1KB–SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station (ISS). Photographed by the Expedition 39 crew members onboard the orbital outpost. The spacecraft was captured by the space station and successfully berthed, following the 30 April 2014 arrival. An optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2G7B1KJ–View of the launch of the Shuttle Challenger during the STS 41-C mission. The orbiter has cleared the launch pad with a large cloud of smoke covering the bottom part of the frame. April 6, 1984 A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA
RM2K5E442–Region NGC 6357, where radiation from hot, young stars is energising the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them. Located in our galaxy about 5,500 light years from Earth, NGC 6357 is a 'cluster of clusters,' containing at least three clusters of young stars, including many hot, massive, luminous stars. This composite image contains X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory; the ROSAT telescope; infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, & optical data from the SuperCosmos Sky Survey made by the UK IR Telescope An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2G7B1JG–The Space Shuttle Challenger heading skywards from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on mission STS 41. Aboard the Challenger were astronauts Vance D. Brand, Robert L. Gibson, Ronald E. McNair, Bruce McCandless II, and Robert L. Stewart. The first untethered spacewalks with the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) were made on this mission. This dramatic air to air picture was taken by astronaut John Young who was monitoring the launch in the cockpit of NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft. 3 February 1984. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA
RMBEAJG5–Nose of the Space Shuttle Enterprise photographed from above. Optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit NASA.
RM2K5E6YY–Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) see the world at night on every orbit that's 16 times each crew day. An astronaut took this broad, short-lens photograph of Earth's night lights while looking out over the remote reaches of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. ISS was passing over the island nation of Kiribati at the time, about 2600km (1,600 miles) south of Hawaii. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA?
RM2K5E3FB–James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Launcher. This image shows the James Webb Space Telescope atop its launch vehicle, but before it was encapsulated in the rocket fairing. You can see a protective clean tent around the telescope. The JWST was launched on 25 December 2021 An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2K5E3D8–The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST in the cleanroom at the launch site at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana after a 5,800-mile move from the USA. After its arrival, Webb was carefully lifted from its packing container and then raised vertical. This is the same configuration Webb will be in when it is inside its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5 rocket. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2H1JP4X–A view of Earth from the International Space Station: Antarctica's ice-covered mountains from space. Ê An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA/ ESA image. Mandatory Credit: NASA/ESA/T. Pesquet. NB: Usage restrictions: Not to be presented as an endorsement.
RM2K5E3E0–Preparing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Webb's 5-layer sunshield has successfully tested - deployed and tensioned into the same configuration it will be when operating in space. Here the JWST can be seen in its final series of deployment and checkout tests, before the observatory is packed for shipment to French Guiana for launch aboard an ArianeGroup Ariane V rocket. These tests will verify that Webb will deploy perfectly in space after its launch. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2K5E48C–NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility rolled the 212-foot-tall Space Launch System core rocket stage onto the Pegasus barge, which will ship it to NASA's Stennis Space Center for a comprehensive series of engineering tests called the Green Run. After Green Run is complete, the core stage will be sent across the Gulf of Mexico to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where it will join with SLS's giant boosters and the Orion spacecraft to launch into space on Artemis I An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2K5E3TA–Martian landscape. This HiRISE image shows landforms on the surface of Mars a small mound in Chryse Planitia. Chryse Planitia (Greek for 'golden plain') is one of the lowest regions on Mars, and is the bottom end for many outflow channels of the southern highlands as well as from Valles Marineris.A unique optimised version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona
RM2K5E3H8–As part of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), NASA scientists have been flying over Alaska & Canada measuring the elevation of rivers and lakes to study how thawing permafrost affects hydrology in the landscape.This view of the Kuskokwim River near McGrath, Alaska, was taken from NASA's DC-8 'flying laboratory' as part of the Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons (ASCENDS) experiment.Changes in water levels will have effects on Arctic life plants, animals, and humans in the near future. Credit: NASA/PGriffith
RM2K5E6YE–Rare, high-altitude noctilucent or 'night shining' clouds photographed from the International Space Station on 29 May 2016. These Polar mesospheric clouds form between 76km & 85km above the Earth's surface, near the boundary of the mesosphere and thermosphere, a region known as the mesopause. At these altitudes, water vapour can freeze into clouds of ice crystals. When the sun is below the horizon and the ground is in darkness, these high clouds may still be illuminated, lending them their ethereal, 'night shining' qualities. Credit: NASA/ESA/TPeake. Editorial use only.?
RM2K5E6YG–A crew member of Expedition 45 on the International Space Station captured this nighttime panorama in September 2015, looking north across Pakistan's Indus River valley. This photograph shows one of the few places on Earth where an international boundary can be seen at night. Security lights with a distinct orange tone light the winding border between Pakistan and India. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA
RM2G7B1K1–International Space Station (ISS.) This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of ISS Progress M-21M (53P) resupply craft as it undocks from the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module aft port on 9 June 2014. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / credit: NASA
RM2GNCCCT–SPACE X Capsule Lift & Mate to Cargo Ring. NASA partnered with SpaceX to build a new generation of human-rated spacecraft capable of taking astronauts to the International Space Station and expanding research opportunities in orbit. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RMF23CBY–Space Shuttle Endeavour on a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft. Optimised version of a NASA image. Credit NASA
RM2G7B1KC–Tabletop documentation of Space Shuttle Crew Escape Equipment. Front views of the Advanced crew escape suit (ACES), helmet, communications carrier, adult pants, boots, gloves, survival mittens, survival packs, anti-g suit, harness assembly and light sticks. First used on STS-64, which landed on September 20, 1994. Ê An optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA. Editorial use only.
RM2K5E3FF–The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST in the cleanroom at the launch site at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana after a 5,800-mile move from the USA. After its arrival, Webb was carefully lifted from its packing container and then raised vertical. This is the same configuration Webb will be in when it is inside its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5 rocket. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2K5E3DJ–The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST in the cleanroom at the launch site at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana after a 5,800-mile move from the USA. After its arrival, Webb was carefully lifted from its packing container and then raised vertical. This is the same configuration Webb will be in when it is inside its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5 rocket. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2GNCCD0–A portion of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle is pictured lower left as the International Space Station (ISS) orbited 264 miles above northern France. The long-exposure photograph also reveals Earth's atmospheric glow and stars above the horizon. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2G7B1PM–The Horn of Africa, Somalia photographed from the International Space Station (ISS). The easternmost part of Africa. Raas Caseyr, historically known as Cape Guardafui, lies at the junction between the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The coastline is rugged, with mountains, dry river beds, a small delta, and steep cliffs that cast shadows on the landscape. June 2018. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2JAPFE2–Earth from above: Detail of the Aral Sea taken from the International Space Station showing dropping water levels. Kazakhstan, Central Asia An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA
RM2H1JNPA–A view of Earth from the International Space Station: the night lights of Dubai, and the manmade Palm islands. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA/ ESA image. Mandatory Credit: NASA/ESA/T. Pesquet. NB: Usage restrictions: Not to be presented as an endorsement.
RM2K5E3XW–U.S. astronaut Terry Virts tweeted his followers this image March 1, 2015 after completing a series of spacewalks with his partner astronaut Barry 'Butch' Wilmore to prepare the International Space Station for upcoming U.S. commercial spacecraft currently in development. Virts commented on the tweet: 'Mission Accomplished - 3 spacewalks, 800 ft of cable, 4 antennas, 3 laser reflectors, 1 greased robotic arm.' An optimised version of a NASA image. Credit: NASA/ T.Virts. - Usage restrictions: Editorial Use Only. Not to be presented as an endorsement.
RM2K5E41F–The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 21 mission began on 21 July 2016, as an international crew of aquanauts reached the Aquarius Reef Base, 62ft below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The NEEMO 21 crew performed research inside & outside the habitat during a 16-day simulated space mission. During simulated spacewalks carried out underwater, they evaluated tools and mission operation techniques that could be used in future space missions?An optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/KShreeves. Editorial use only
RM2K5E3GM–The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST in the Cleanroom at the Launch Site at Guiana Space Center, in French Guiana. After its 5800 miles journey, Webb was carefully lifted from its packing container and then raised vertical. This is the same configuration Webb will be in when it is inside its launch vehicle, the Ariane 5 rocket. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2G7B1EY–Produced by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image, depicts numbers of H1N1 influenza virus particles. Surface proteins located on the surface of the virus particles are shown in black. An optimised and enhanced version of an image produced by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / Credit: NIAID
RM2G7B1KG–International Space Station - February 2001. The International Space Station is backdropped over clouds, water and land in South America. South central Chile shows up at bottom of the frame. Just below the Destiny laboratory, the Chacao Channel separates the large island of Chiloe from the mainland and connects the Gulf of Coronados on the Pacific side with the Gulf of Ancud southwest of the city of Puerto Montt. Ê A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatoty credit: NASA
RM2K5E3E5–Testing James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)'s sunshield.In October 2019 technicians successfully tested Webb's 5-layer sunshield by fully deploying each of its layers to the same position as when orbiting the Sun a million miles from Earth.The sunshield is key for temperature regulation. The oxygen present in Earth's atmosphere would freeze at temperatures experienced on the cold side of the sunshield, and an egg could easily be boiled with the heat on the warm face An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use
RM2G7B1K5–First SpaceX Dragon Approaches ISS. The uncrewed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is the first Commercial Crew vehicle to visit the International Space Station. Here pictured with its nose cone open revealing its docking mechanism while approaching the station's Harmony module. The Crew Dragon would automatically dock moments later to the international docking adapter attached to the forward end of Harmony. March 2019. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA
RM2K5E3H0–Dust devils on Mars. Dust devils are rotating columns of dust that form around low-pressure air pockets, and are common on both Earth & Mars. These dust devils formed on the dust-covered, volcanic plains of Amazonis Planitia. The dust devil (top) has a core roughly 50m across. The length of the shadow suggests the plume of rises about 650m into the atmosphere. The (lower image) dust devil is serpentine in shape, and its shadow indicates that the dust plume reaches more than 800m, or half a mile in height. An optimised & enhanced version of NASA imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona
RMDAG6K7–Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay with experiment eqiuipment. Optimised and enhanced version of an original NASA image
RMDAG6JW–International Space Station and space shuttle. Optimised and enhanced version of an original NASA image
RM2GNCCCG–Aurora Australis view taken by the Expedition 29 Space Station crew. One of a series of night time images from the International Space Station featuring Aurora Australis, seen from a point over the southeast Tasman Sea near southern New Zealand. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2H1JPR4–A view of Earth from the International Space Station: Mineral reservoirs, The Andes Peru/Bolivia. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA/ ESA image. Mandatory Credit: NASA/ESA/T. Pesquet. NB: Usage restrictions: Not to be presented as an endorsement.
RM2G7B1RY–Savai'i and Upolu, Samoa, photographed from the International Space Station as it passed over the South Pacific Ocean. Savai'i, the westernmost Samoan Island, is 80 km (50 mi) long; Upolu is nearly as long (74 km/46 mi). The dark green centres of the islands reflect the denser tropical forests and higher elevations in comparison to the lower, light-green coastal regions around the edges. Apolima Strait separates the 2 islands. A unique, optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2G7B1RN–An erupting Momotombo Volcano in western Nicaragua, Central America, photographed from the International Space Station. This active stratovolcano was once described as 'the smoking terror.' 2018. A geothermal field surrounds Momotombo, and it has been used to produce renewable energy since 1983. A small portion of the greater Ring of Fire. North is to the top of the image. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2G7B1T4–Photographed from the International Space Station (ISS). Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River, Michigan, USA. The Detroit River stretches approximately 45 kilometers (30 miles) and provides connectivity between the upper Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In the photo, a few large ships are visible passing along the narrow strait. The river serves as the international border between the United States and Canada. On the U.S. side of the river lies Michigan's most populous city, Detroit. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2H1JR5F–The Earth seen from the International Space Station: A smoking Mount Merapi (lower) and Mount Merbabu (top), Java, Indonesia, 10 May 2021. Mount Merapi is a highly active volcano in Central Java. An optimised and enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2G7B1N9–Patagonian glaciers photographed from Space. ONELLI GLACIER, AGASSIZ GLACIER, ARGENTINO LAKE, S. PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD Argentina. Photographed November 2018 An optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2GNCCCJ–SpaceXÕs Crew Dragon is at NASAÕs Plum Brook Station in Ohio, ready to undergo testing in the Reverberant Acoustic Test FacilityÑthe worldÕs largest thermal vacuum chamber. An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2G7B1PK–The Namib Desert and Skeleton coast of Namibia, Africa, seen from the International Space Station. The Namib Desert runs alongside the coastline for more than 1000 miles. Some of the largest sand dunes on Earth are here. An optimised and enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA ISS Mission 55
RM2GNCCCX–The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in an anechoic chamber testing for electromagnetic interference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 20 May 2018, An optimised and digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2G7B1KM–The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, with the approx 58-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm in the foreground, pictured installed to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / mandatoty credit: NASA. Editorial use only
RM2K5E43J–NASA completed major welding for the liquid hydrogen tank for the first Space Launch System (SLS) mission at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The tank was the final piece of flight hardware completed for the rocket's first mission. All five of the structures that will be joined to form the 212-foot-tall core stage, the backbone of the SLS rocket, are built. The liquid hydrogen tank measures more than 130 feet tall, comprises almost two-thirds of the core stage & holds 537,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen.Optimised version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/ JGuidry
RM2K5E3BJ–Here the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)'s Engineering Test Unit primary mirror segment returning to the cleanroom at NASA's Goddard after testing at the the Calibration, Integration, and Alignment Facility (CIAF). An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2G7B1M0–STS-1 Pre-Launch. STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. A new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981, when Space Shuttle Columbia soared into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2H1JR58–The Earth seen from the International Space Station: Sarychev Peak Eruption, Kuril Islands. in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain, and it is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island. The image captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption. The main column is one of a series of plumes that rose above Matua Island on June 12. An optimised and enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA.
RM2K5E3XM–Composite of 2 images of engine design and development. For human exploration of Mars. Experts are pioneering methods to print the rocket parts that could power those journeys.NASA's Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology project, or RAMPT, is advancing development of an additive manufacturing technique to 3D print rocket engine parts using metal powder and lasers. Blown powder directed energy deposition can produce large structures such as these engine nozzles cheaper and quicker than traditional fabrication techniques. Image credit: NASA
RM2K5E3RP–Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong (1930-2012). Armstrong was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission who on July 20, 1969, became the first man to step foot on the lunar surface. He passed away on Aug. 25, 2012. An optimised NASA image: Credit: NASA
RM2K5E3D7–Preparing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, California. An optimised version of a NASA image by experienced lead photographer Chris Gunn. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. For editorial use only.
RM2G7B1NJ–NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. This composite image, one of three new full-hemisphere views, provides a view of the Americas at night. The clouds and sun glint Ñ added here for aesthetic effect Ñ are derived from MODIS instrument land surface and cloud cover products. A unique optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA
RM2G7B1KX–Endeavour Departs the International Space tation (ISS). Earth's horizon and the blackness of space beyond, the ISS appears very small from the point of view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft carry out their relative separation. Endeavour's vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and payload bay are seen in this image. A unique optimised and enhanced version of an NASA image / credit NASA