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. via NASA https://ift.tt/awehxRT

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/cko1wlh

The International Space Station captured a portion of the Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake from 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5th, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/1tCuBhv

On Sept. 12, 1962, President Kennedy speaks before a crowd of 35,000 people at Rice University in Houston. via NASA https://ift.tt/kQFc4p6

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. via NASA https://ift.tt/RkBFmyj

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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. via NASA https://ift.tt/qgKEzGM

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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. via NASA https://ift.tt/rzgxb2M

A little-studied star, TYC 3203-450-1, upstages a galaxy in this Hubble Telescope image from December 2017. via NASA https://ift.tt/icfWtA0