Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent. via NASA https://ift.tt/3o4aQVW

This Hubble image shows a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules. Called frEGGs for short, these dark compact globules of dust and gas can give birth to low-mass stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/3o0Th9s

Scientists have come to realize that, just below the surface, about one third of Mars is covered in ice. via NASA https://ift.tt/34ZBmXP

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crewmates prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3lPuPFN

​Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long flowing veils of gas and dust. via NASA https://ift.tt/314MYrn

The beautiful, blushing Iris Nebula is unique amongst its counterparts. via NASA https://ift.tt/2FfQ9F3

ASA spacewalkers (from left) Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy give a thumbs up during a spacewalk to install hardware and upgrade International Space Station systems. via NASA https://ift.tt/36Jo8AZ

The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, also formally known as the Latching End Effector, is pictured as the International Space Station soared over the South Pacific Ocean . via NASA https://ift.tt/34tF2AS

Camila Morales-Navas conducts final preparations on the Electrochemical Ammonia Removal system prior to parabolic flight testing. via NASA https://ift.tt/3nvtciz

An Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches at 9:16 p.m. EDT, Friday, October 2, 2020, from t NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. via NASA https://ift.tt/3cXeKec