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NASA captures a stunning transformation in Australia's red outback
Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly 20 years. NASA satellite images capture the stunning transformation, which has even brought rare flowers to the grounds of a remote deep-space observatory.
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October 13, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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🚀 Somewhere out there, this is REAL right now.

STS-93 Commander Eileen M.

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KSC-99pp0865. STS-93 Commander Eileen M. Collins waves to her family nearby, a last meeting before launch of mission STS-93 on July 20. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:36 a.m. EDT. The primary mission of STS-93 is the release of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. The new telescope is 20 to 50 times more sensitive than any previous X-ray telescope and is expected to unlock the secrets of s
June 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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🌌 NASA released this and we can't stop staring.

Cradled in the cargo hold of a tractor-trailer rig called the Space Cargo Transportation System…

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KSC-99pc0166. Cradled in the cargo hold of a tractor-trailer rig called the Space Cargo Transportation System, the Chandra X-ray Observatory waits to be moved inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF). Chandra arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility on Thursday, Feb. 4, aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft. In the VPF, the telescope will undergo final installation of associated electronic components; it will also be tested, fueled and mated with the Inertial Upper Stage booster. A set of integrated tes
June 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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🌌 This is NOT CGI. This is NASA photography.

Singularity University Class Photos 2009

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ARC-2009-ACD09-0121-009. Singularity University Class Photos 2009
June 24, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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✨ Why do astronomers never sleep? THIS.

Here is the distant galaxy cluster known as MACS J0416.

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Here is the distant galaxy cluster known as MACS J0416. The blackness of space is packed with glowing dots and tiny shapes, in whites, purples, oranges, golds, and reds, each a distinct galaxy. Upon close inspection (and with a great deal of zooming in!) the spiraling arms of some of the seemingly tiny galaxies are revealed in this highly detailed image. Gently arched across the middle of the frame is a soft band of purple; a reservoir of superheated gas detected by Chandra.. Here is the distant galaxy cluster known as MACS J0416. The blackness of space is packed with glowing dots and tiny shapes, in whites, purples, oranges, golds, and reds, each a distinct galaxy. Upon close inspection (and with a great deal of zooming in!) the spiraling arms of some of the seemingly tiny galaxies are revealed in this highly detailed image. Gently arched across the middle of the frame is a soft band of purple; a reservoir of superheated gas detected by Chandra.
May 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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🚀 Space never looked this mind-blowing.

STS-93 Commander Eileen M.

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KSC-99pp0710. STS-93 Commander Eileen M. Collins smiles on her arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft to participate in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Tests (TCDT) this week. TCDT activities familiarize the crew with the mission, provide training in emergency exit from the orbiter and launch pad, and include a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a simulated main engine cut-off. Joining Collins are Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.),
May 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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🌠 Warning: may cause existential wonder.

STS-93 Mission Specialist Catherine G.

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KSC-99pp0825. STS-93 Mission Specialist Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman (Ph.D.) shows her sense of humor upon arriving at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft. She and other crew members Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby, and Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.) and Michel Tognini of France, with the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), are arriving for pre-launch activities. Coleman is making her second Shuttle flight. The primary mission of STS-93 is the release
May 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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🪐 This image will ruin your Monday (in the best way).

STS-93 Mission Specialist Catherine G.

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KSC-99pp0711. STS-93 Mission Specialist Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.) grins on her arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet to participate in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Tests (TCDT) this week. TCDT activities familiarize the crew with the mission, provide training in emergency exit from the orbiter and launch pad, and include a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a simulated main engine cut-off. Joining Coleman are Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and Mission
May 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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🔭 You need to see this with your own eyes.

(From left) STS-93 Mission Specialists Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.) and Steven A.

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KSC-99pp0747. (From left) STS-93 Mission Specialists Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.) and Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.), and Commander Eileen M. Collins watch and listen to Bob Parks, a Safety Egress trainer with United Space Alliance, explaining the use of the slideware basket for emergency egress from the pad. Inside the basket are Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and Mission Specialist Michel Tognini of France, who represents the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The STS-93 crew members are at KSC to participate in
May 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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💫 Every clear night is a free ticket to THIS.

During an emergency egress exercise at the launch pad, Pilot Jeffrey S.

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KSC-99pp0761. During an emergency egress exercise at the launch pad, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and Commander Eileen M. Collins (right) practice getting into the slidewire basket that is part of an emergency escape route for persons in the Shuttle and on the Rotating Service Structure. The STS-93 crew has been taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that include the emergency exit training and a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a simulated main engine cut-off. Othe
May 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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🌌 This is the universe texting you: come explore me.

This composite image, combining data from NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space…

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Trigger-Happy Cloud. This composite image, combining data from NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the star-forming cloud Cepheus B, located in our Milky Way galaxy about 2,400 light years from Earth
May 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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🌠 Warning: may cause existential wonder.

Australia’s Cloudy Beauty

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Australia’s Cloudy Beauty. Australia’s Cloudy Beauty
May 29, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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🔭 THIS is what the universe actually looks like.

A TRW technician joins STS-93 Commander Eileen Collins (center) and Pilot Jeffrey S.

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KSC-99pp0335. A TRW technician joins STS-93 Commander Eileen Collins (center) and Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby (right) as they observe the Chandra X-ray Observatory on its work stand inside the Vertical Processing Facility. Other members of the STS-93 crew who are at KSC for payload familiarization are Mission Specialists Catherine G. Coleman and Michel Tognini of France, who represents the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Collins is the first woman to serve as a shuttle mission commander. She was the fir
May 29, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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🌌 This is the universe texting you: come explore me.

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

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ARC-2008-ACD08-0215-012. Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,
May 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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✨ 13.8 billion years in the making. Worth it.

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe…

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Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Using X-ray data from Chandra and optical light data, this study, based on observations of seven galaxy clusters in total, provides new evidence that outbursts from black holes can cool down gas to feed themselves. Massive galaxies at the centers of the clusters contain huge black holes that power outbursts in the form of jets, driven by the black holes feasting on gas. This image shows the X-ray and optical data of the Centaurus cluster from the survey.. Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Using X-ray data from Chandra and optical light data, this study, based on observations of seven galaxy clusters in total, provides new evidence that outbursts from black holes can cool down gas to feed themselves. Massive galaxies at the centers of the clusters contain huge black holes that power outbursts in the form of jets, driven by the black holes feasting on gas.
May 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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🔭 You need to see this with your own eyes.

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

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ARC-2008-ACD08-0215-040. Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,
May 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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🌌 NASA released this and we can't stop staring.

STS93-S-009 (23 July 1999) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off…

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sts093-s-009. STS93-S-009 (23 July 1999) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39B to begin the five-day STS-93 mission. After two unsuccessful attempts earlier in the week, liftoff occurred at 12:31 a.m. (EDT), July 23, 1999. Only hours after this picture was taken, the five-member crew released the Chandra X-Ray Observatory into orbit. Onboard were astronauts Eileen M. Collins, first woman shuttle mission commander; Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot; and Steven A. Hawley, Catherine G. Coleman an
May 28, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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✨ 13.8 billion years in the making. Worth it.

Members of the U.S. World Cup Soccer Team pose with Astronauts Scott Parazynski, Heidemarie M.

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KSC-99pp0892. Members of the U.S. World Cup Soccer Team pose with Astronauts Scott Parazynski, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Steven W. Lindsey, and Nancy Jane Currie and NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin after the team's arrival at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station. The team arrived with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to view the launch of Space Shuttle mission STS-93. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:36 a.m. EDT July 20. Much attention has been generated over the launch due to Commander Eileen M.
May 28, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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🚀 Space never looked this mind-blowing.

This photograph shows TRW technicians preparing the assembled Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) for…

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History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This photograph shows TRW technicians preparing the assembled Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) for an official unveiling at TRW Space and Electronics Group of Redondo Beach, California. The CXO is formerly known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), which was renamed in honor of the late Indian-American Astronomer, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1999. The CXO will help astronomers world-wide better understand the structure and evolution of the universe by studying powerful sources of
May 28, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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🚀 Space never looked this mind-blowing.

During an emergency egress exercise at the launch pad, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and Commander Eileen M.

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KSC-99pp0759. During an emergency egress exercise at the launch pad, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and Commander Eileen M. Collins (right) hurry down the yellow-painted path to a slidewire basket. The baskets are part of an emergency escape route for persons in the Shuttle and on the Rotating Service Structure. The STS-93 crew members have been taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that include the emergency exit training and a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a sim
May 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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🔭 You need to see this with your own eyes.

In the Vertical Processing Facility, TRW technicians look at the point of attachment on the…

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KSC-99pp0351. In the Vertical Processing Facility, TRW technicians look at the point of attachment on the Chandra X-ray Observatory, at left, for the solar panel array (behind them). They are getting ready to attach and deploy the solar panel. Formerly called the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, Chandra comprises three major elements: the spacecraft, the science instrument module (SIM), and the world's most powerful X-ray telescope. Chandra will allow scientists from around the world to see previously in
May 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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💫 Every clear night is a free ticket to THIS.

The remnant resembles a wispy cloud in oranges, blues, purples, and whites, shaped like a…

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The remnant resembles a wispy cloud in oranges, blues, purples, and whites, shaped like a backwards letter C. The remnant is set against a backdrop of scattered stars.. The remnant resembles a wispy cloud in oranges, blues, purples, and whites, shaped like a backwards letter C. The remnant is set against a backdrop of scattered stars.
May 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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🔭 Scientists spend lifetimes chasing views like this.

The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster (right) is lifted out of its container after arriving at…

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KSC-99pp0617. The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster (right) is lifted out of its container after arriving at Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing Facility. The IUS will be mated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (at left) and then undergo testing to validate the IUS/Chandra connections and check the orbiter avionics interfaces. Following that, an end-to-end test (ETE) will be conducted to verify the communications path to Chandra, commanding it as if it were in space. With the world's most powerful X-
May 21, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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🚀 Space never looked this mind-blowing.

The rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on launch Pad 39-B reveals Space Shuttle Columbia…

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KSC-99pp0864. The rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on launch Pad 39-B reveals Space Shuttle Columbia on its mobile launcher platform, waiting for the launch of mission STS-93 on July 20 at 12:36 a.m. EDT. The primary payload of STS-93 is the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. The new telescope is 20 to 50 times more sensitive than any previous X-ray telescope and is expected unl
May 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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🚀 Somewhere out there, this is REAL right now.

NASA's Manager of Centennial Challenges Andy Petro, right, listens as NASA Chief Technologist…

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Space Technology Industry Forum. NASA's Manager of Centennial Challenges Andy Petro, right, listens as NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun answers a reporter's question during a press conference held at the NASA New Space Technology Industry Forum being held at the University of Maryland in College Park on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. During the two-day event, speakers are focusing on the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request for NASA's new Space Technology Program. Representatives from industry, academia and the federal gove
May 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM