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Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 sessions of extravehicular activity on Oct. 18, 2000. To source

A little blue heron is seen in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. To source

The galaxy NGC 1961 unfurls its gorgeous spiral arms in this newly released image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. To source

The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022. To source

On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston. To source

This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 261 miles above looks across the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to southern Europe. To source

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The Voyager mission was designed to take advantage of a rare geometric arrangement of the outer planets in the late 1970s and the 1980s which allowed for a four-planet tour for a minimum of propellant and trip time. To source

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Three impact craters are displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus taken NASA’s Magellan, the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle. To source

A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. To source

Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). To source