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Background imageSpace Collection: Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Background imageSpace Collection: Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA

Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA
Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Comet West was described as one of the brightest objects to pass through the inner solar system in 1976

Background imageSpace Collection: Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Creator: NASA

Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Creator: NASA
Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Planet Earth photographed by an automatic camera aboard the unpiloted Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage

Background imageSpace Collection: Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1981

Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1981
Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1981. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by the National Aeronautics

Background imageSpace Collection: Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA

Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation

Background imageSpace Collection: Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972

Earth from the Meditteranean sea to Antarctica, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. This was the first photograph of the south polar ice cap

Background imageSpace Collection: Earth from space, c1980s. Creator: NASA

Earth from space, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space, c1980s. Planet Earth, showing cloud cover

Background imageSpace Collection: Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Creator: NASA

Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Creator: NASA
Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Skylab 2 commander Pete Conrad undergoes a dental examination by medical officer Joseph Kerwin in zero gravity

Background imageSpace Collection: Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA

Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Trifid Nebula, (Messier 20), consists of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula

Background imageSpace Collection: Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969

Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969. US Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts from the capsule after a successful splashdown

Background imageSpace Collection: Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s
Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Background imageSpace Collection: Phobos. Creator: NASA

Phobos. Creator: NASA
Phobos. Phobos is one of the moons of the planet Mars, and has a heavily cratered surface

Background imageSpace Collection: First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. Creator: NASA

First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. Creator: NASA
First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. The Gemini 7 spacecraft as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft - during the meeting they were only a foot or so away from eachother

Background imageSpace Collection: Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA

Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA
Helix Nebula in Aquarius. The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula, 700 light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius

Background imageSpace Collection: The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA

The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA
The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. View of Saturn showing shadows cast by its rings

Background imageSpace Collection: Quasar. Creator: NASA

Quasar. Creator: NASA
Quasar. A quasar is a very bright object in space that is similar to a star and very far away from Earth. A quasar gives off powerful radio waves

Background imageSpace Collection: Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Illustraion of EVA - Extra Vehicular Activity - from the Orbiter space shuttle

Background imageSpace Collection: Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA

Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA
Saturns cloud deck. There are three different layers of clouds, or clouddecks, in Saturns atmosphere. The first is made of ammonia clouds

Background imageSpace Collection: Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA

Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA
Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Ikeye-Seki, (1965f), was a long-period comet discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki

Background imageSpace Collection: Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA

Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft

Background imageSpace Collection: Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA

Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. This image of Oberon is the best the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft acquired of Uranus outermost moon

Background imageSpace Collection: Space Shuttle Orbiter on the launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s

Space Shuttle Orbiter on the launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Aerial view. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Background imageSpace Collection: Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA

Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Background imageSpace Collection: The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. Creator: NASA

The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. Creator: NASA
The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) on Skylab was Americas first full-scale, manned astronomical observatory in space

Background imageSpace Collection: Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA

Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. High-resolution image of Miranda, also designated Uranus V, the smallest and innermost of Uranus five moons

Background imageSpace Collection: Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA

Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The rocket booster is recovered from the sea. The space shuttles solid rocket boosters were reusable

Background imageSpace Collection: Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Creator: NASA

Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Creator: NASA
Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Montage of photographs taken from unmanned spacecraft Voyager 2 in January 1986, that simulates a view of Uranus and rings as if seen over the horizon of Miranda

Background imageSpace Collection: Artists impression of Space Shuttle. Creator: NASA

Artists impression of Space Shuttle. Creator: NASA
Artists impression of Space Shuttle. NASAs Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system. It operated between 1981 and 2011

Background imageSpace Collection: Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, USA

Background imageSpace Collection: The rings of Uranus. Creator: NASA

The rings of Uranus. Creator: NASA
The rings of Uranus. The 9 main rings of Uranus are visible here as horizontal lines. The fainter, pastel lines seen between the rings are artifacts of computer enhancement

Background imageSpace Collection: Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976 Creator: NASA

Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976 Creator: NASA
Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976. The Enterprise (OV-101) was built as part of NASAs Space Shuttle programme to perform atmospheric test flights after

Background imageSpace Collection: Nebulosity near the star Capella. Creator: NASA

Nebulosity near the star Capella. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity near the star Capella. Capella, (Alpha Aurigae), is the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga

Background imageSpace Collection: Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Background imageSpace Collection: Mercury. Creator: NASA

Mercury. Creator: NASA
Mercury. Craters on the surface of the planet Mercury which is the smallest planet in our solar system, and the closest planet to the Sun

Background imageSpace Collection: Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Serpens (from the Latin for serpent) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere

Background imageSpace Collection: The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Creator: NASA

The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Creator: NASA
The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) in 1971 and 1972

Background imageSpace Collection: Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Creator: NASA

Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Creator: NASA
Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. The Whirlpool Galaxy, (Messier 51a), in the constellation Canes Venatici, was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy

Background imageSpace Collection: Buzz Aldrin by the leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Creator: Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin by the leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Creator: Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin by the leg of the Lunar Module, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, standing by the footpad of the Lunar Module

Background imageSpace Collection: Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Creator: NASA

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Creator: NASA
Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is about 5, 000 light years from Earth, near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy

Background imageSpace Collection: Harrison Schmitt with US flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972

Harrison Schmitt with US flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt with US flag on the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. Earth can be seen floating above the flag

Background imageSpace Collection: Ring Nebula in Lyra. Creator: NASA

Ring Nebula in Lyra. Creator: NASA
Ring Nebula in Lyra. The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such objects are formed when a shell of ionised gas is expelled into the surrounding

Background imageSpace Collection: Sombrero Galaxy. Creator: NASA

Sombrero Galaxy. Creator: NASA
Sombrero Galaxy. The galaxy gets its name from the unusually large and extended central bulge of stars which make it look like a Mexican hat

Background imageSpace Collection: Great Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA

Great Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA
Great Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy

Background imageSpace Collection: Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. Creator: NASA

Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. Creator: NASA
Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27), 1, 360 light-years away in the constellation of Vulpecula, was discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier

Background imageSpace Collection: Commander Neil Armstrong in the Lunar Module on the Moon, Apollo 11 mission, July 1969

Commander Neil Armstrong in the Lunar Module on the Moon, Apollo 11 mission, July 1969. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, code named Eagle, with US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on board

Background imageSpace Collection: Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Creator: NASA

Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Creator: NASA
Horsehead Nebula in Orion. The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming

Background imageSpace Collection: Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. Creator: NASA

Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. Creator: NASA
Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. The Crab Nebula (Messier 1), a six-light-year-wide remnant of a supernova explosion, was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731

Background imageSpace Collection: Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Creator: NASA

Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Creator: NASA
Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. The Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major



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