Viking 1 Begins Journey to Mars

Viking 1 was launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, 1975, to begin a half-billion mile, 11-month journey through space to explore Mars. The 4-ton spacecraft went into orbit around the red planet in mid-1976 and landed on Mars on July 20, 1976. via NASA https://ift.tt/YH2ynDZ

Moonlight and Our Atmosphere

The Moon's light is refracted by Earth's atmosphere, giving it a spheroid shape in this April 13, 2025, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunset 264 miles above the border between Bolivia and Brazil in South America. via NASA https://ift.tt/GaVvCwL

Artemis II Crew Practices Night Launch Scenario

NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, walk on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. via NASA https://ift.tt/O5nHLro

Spacewalk Pop-Up

Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed during a spacewalk in January 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/xe3Qrqc

Say Cheese!

Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the International Space Station's Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025. via NASA https://ift.tt/dCyz7Un

Alligator Goes for a Swim

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than 330 native and migratory bird species, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles call NASA Kennedy and the wildlife refuge home. via NASA https://ift.tt/tib8lKS

Hubble Captures a Tarantula

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a portion of the Tarantula Nebula. via NASA https://ift.tt/ldncsbe