In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bpCVmR

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter departs the International Space Station moments after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. via NASA https://ift.tt/3qdZqPV

The lights of the city of Boston seemingly spread from a central point in this image taken by the crew of the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bekKQZ

Slated to launch in October 2021, NASA’s Lucy mission will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oqEiFC

What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ngVbky

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins tends to radish plants growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Lkjpx6

Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula via NASA https://ift.tt/3rHu8ST

Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art via NASA https://ift.tt/3nVtXkB

Dr. George Carruthers, right, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph, the first moon-based observatory that Carruthers developed for the Apollo 16 mission. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the observatory on the moon in April 1972. via NASA https://ift.tt/2kwxJTs

Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Kx4Whj