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

Auroras and hazes glow in this composite image of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). via NASA https://ift.tt/OBp0AWz

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams loaded more than 700 thousand gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. via NASA https://ift.tt/pkHEnvW

This view of the crescent Earth over the Moon’s horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/rhCKDP0

​T-38 planes are a fixture of astronaut training, making pilots and mission specialists think quicky in changing situations. via NASA https://ift.tt/fZuUv7S

This time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy taken from the International Space Station (ISS) also captured a lightning strike on Earth so bright that it lights up the space station’s solar panels. via NASA https://ift.tt/u0VhU4m

The supersonic X-1E research aircraft was the last of NASA’s experimental X-1 series of aircraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/QwuCi7B

The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. via NASA https://ift.tt/x1Db04P

A paddlewheeler makes its way up the Mississippi River as the moon rises over New Orleans on Sunday evening, Aug. 22, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/zRC6L0d