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Shooting like a roman candle into Florida's blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery kicks off the Fourth of July fireworks with its own fiery display and makes history with the first ever launch on Independence Day. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by
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This fledgling eagle stares at his mother in their nest. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A blue and white part of Earth is visible through the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station, 22 August 2011. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Part of Gorgonum Chaos, a large cluster of chaotic terrain found in the southern hemisphere. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A flotation device is secured to the railing of Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The heart of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) is the “Discover” supercomputer. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, and contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, April 10, 2017. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A wild turkey is seen at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A pair of Sandhill cranes search for food on the grounds. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Flood waters in Bangkok as the Ayutthaya River overflowed its banks. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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C-band, 3 megawatt radar with a 50-foot dish antenna recently installed on north Kennedy Space Center. It is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Inside the Space Life Sciences Laboratory, or SLSL, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, red leaf lettuce plants were harvested from a plant growth chamber. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Scrub jays scan their territory from a bush at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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These rocks are famous because they move, leaving tell-tale trails in the clay, like this one. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Russian support personnel arrive to help meet the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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View from the International Space Station shows the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft shortly before docking of the two orbiting vehicles. March 27th, 2014. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The space shuttle Endeavour appears to be in a waiting mode as the STS-134 astronauts inside her crew cabin await the impending docking with the International Space Station, 18 May 2011. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A worker from Canaveral Construction in Mims, Fla., re-grades a section of the lime rock on the crawlerway near Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the early hours of July 19, 2011. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Making history with the first-ever launch on Independence Day, Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky on mission STS-121, trailing fiery exhaust from the main engine nozzles. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The first three elements for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) arrive at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Lit from behind, Atlantis is close to touchdown on Runway 33 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-115. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The Russell Crater dune field is covered seasonally by carbon dioxide frost. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, was taken during testing on June 3, 2011. The turret at the end of Curiosity robotic arm holds five devices. In this view, the drill is at the six o'clock position. Original from NASA. Digitally enhan
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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth’s horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket and NASA's encapsulated Glory spacecraft await an early morning launch on the pad at Space Launch Complex 576-E. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve, located in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in Western Australia. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Struts on the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, attach the orbiter Atlantis for the piggyback flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley prepare for takeoff from Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility to practice touch-and-go landings in a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). Original from NAS
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley prepare for takeoff from Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility to practice touch-and-go landings in a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). Original from NAS
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Eclipse project F-106 under tow on January 23, 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Camera view from under the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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DC-8 NAMMA MISSION TO CAPE VERDE, AFRICA, August 2006. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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With more than 23 times the power output of the Hoover Dam, NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket soars into blue skies above Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen projected in the sky as powerful xenon lights illuminate launch pad 39a shortly. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Sand dunes and ripples in Proctor Crater, Mars. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Russia's Mir space station in this 70mm photograph taken from the Mir. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Astrotech processing facility in California, a technician working on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft uses a dead blow hammer to seat the clampband on the test payload attach fitting to
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Wood stork in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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OES-13 Satellite Sees a Giant Apostrophe from Strong Eastern U.S. Low Pressure. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A NASA helicopter takes off while participating in a Mode II-IV exercise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A is at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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A roseate spoonbill soars overhead. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Cancun, a resort city on the east side of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The flooding from the Chao Phraya River, Thailand on Nov. 17, 2011. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Light Echo illuminates dust around supergiant star V838 Monocerotis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, a tug boat accompanies the USS San Diego as it departs for open seas in the Pacific Ocean. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a helicopter collects water from the Turn Basin to douse a nearby brush fire. Apr 27th 2011. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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View from the International Space Station shows the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft shortly before docking of the two orbiting vehicles. March 27th, 2014. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 21, 2011. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
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