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Galileo spacecraft
Why did Kennedy want to go to the Moon?
Johnson Space Center: control room space shuttle liftoff Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
How does the Hubble Space Telescope work?
NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft
Explore how the X-15, M2-F1 vehicle, and the LLRV at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center contributed to the U.S. space program
What is the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse?
Quizzes
Yellow transportation sign with ASAP (as soon as possible) on violet color sky background. (acronyms)
Figure Out the Acronyms ASAP Vocabulary Quiz
Edwin E. Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) stands on the moon, Apollo 11
Famous Astronauts and Cosmonauts
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The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A on July 1 1997 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission.
12 Questions About the History of Space Exploration Answered
The International Space Station photographed against the Rio Negro, Argentina, from the shuttle orbiter Atlantis, February 16, 2001. Atlantis' primary mission was to deliver the Destiny laboratory module, visible at the leading end of the station.
Everyday Stuff Developed by NASA
After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.
7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History
Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad stands beside the U.S. flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) Nov. 19, 1969. Footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.
How Many People Have Been to the Moon?
1965) The Gemini-8 Astronauts David R. Scott and Neil A. Armstrong are suited up for water egress training aboard the NASA Motor Vessell Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. Training for Gemini 8, Gemini-titan-8
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Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
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Why did Kennedy want to go to the Moon?
Pres. John F. Kennedy rallying the people of the United States to support NASA's...
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How does the Hubble Space Telescope work?
Overview of the Hubble Space Telescope, including how it works and its important...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft
NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has traveled closer to the Sun than any other...
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Explore how the X-15, M2-F1 vehicle, and the LLRV at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center contributed to the U.S. space program
At NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, test flights of the X-15 rocket-powered...
Video: NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
What is the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse?
Learn about the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, by watching this NASA visualization...
Video: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
Listen to Dr. Gavin Schmidt discussing the role of climate modeling at NASA
Dr. Gavin Schmidt of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) discussing the...
Video: GSFC/NASA
Get a glimpse of planet Earth as observed from the International Space Station.
Video of Earth as seen from the International Space Station.
Video: Science in Seconds (www.scienceinseconds.com) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Galileo spacecraft
NASA's Galileo spacecraft making a flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, in an artist's rendering.
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Johnson Space Center: control room
Control room of the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
NASA
space shuttle liftoff
Liftoff of the first U.S. space shuttle, April 12, 1981, from John F. Kennedy Space...
NASA
Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy
Stephen Hawking with his daughter, Lucy, at NASA's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series,...
Paul Alers/NASA
map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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