An American bald eagle occupies a nest near Kennedy Parkway North at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 8, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/bd5lNvo

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, during his second spacewalk on Feb. 2, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/SIam2Bj

Officials from NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the Indian Embassy visit a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 3, 2023, to view the scientific instrument payload for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/f6b5lI7

This Jan. 10, 2013, composite image of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and infrared data acquired by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/yjireQ4

The waxing gibbous Moon stands out in this Jan. 2, 2023, image from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. via NASA https://ift.tt/R5ecxjG

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/Aj2anE4

Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023. The gases come from a series of minor explosions—called Strombolian eruptions—that have been ongoing at Villarrica since October 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/1zjkbTc

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial. via NASA https://ift.tt/dQ6Vfot

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/k3f1Ip7

On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station. via NASA https://ift.tt/j0lIQYp