NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/zKFHNcj

A full moon was visible behind the Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I tested SLS and Orion as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. via NASA https://ift.tt/P1laKir

The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars, dominates this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/6dY3upH

Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/AYKluxU

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