Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as part of NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge. via NASA https://ift.tt/lPRt8FS

A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/9eUT7XN

Local students take in the sights—and data—at an Earth Information Center student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/v4oixVq

The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/PrhvMJk

During the Skylab 2 crew’s final fly-around inspection on June 22, 1973, they saw this overhead view of the Skylab Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/zXVOCex

As sunlight and warmth increase in the spring and summer, the North Sea starts to gain swirls and tendrils of color. via NASA https://ift.tt/OWahUYu

Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA (left), Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (middle), and Victor Glover of NASA (right) pay close attention to Moon samples as they receive a lesson in the Apollo Lunar Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on May 9, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/EeX5dm8

This image of Galveston was taken by the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station on June 20, 2022, as it orbited 224 miles above. via NASA https://ift.tt/Ruvc6Sy

The European Service Module for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft moves into the Final Assembly and System Testing Cell at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in this image from May 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/n9QNoyu

In this long exposure photo from June 5, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a beam of light as it launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/ximAqYU