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Scout launch vehicle lift off on Wallops Island in 1965. The Scout launch vehicle was used for unmanned small satellite missions, high altitude probes, and reentry experiments

Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U. S. Space Force
Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in the SpaceX Crew-2 prelaunch news conference held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20

This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states

Astronauts Stuart A. Roosa, and Alfred M. Worden training a tRendezvous Docking Simulator NASA Langley. Worden was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966

Ames Aerospace Encounter (aE) Dedication and Ribbon Cutting with Dale Compton, (Larry Milov and R. Dean in background)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director and former astronaut Roy D. Bridges, Jr. (holding scissors) cuts the ribbon at a ceremony officially opening the U.S

This image shows three modules of flight hardware for the Biopolymer Research for In-Situ Capabilities investigation, launching aboard SpaceX's 25th commercial resupply services mission to

This illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander that would carry a small rocket (about 10 feet, or 3 meters, tall) called the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the Martian surface

An orbital sunset is pictured from the International Space Station as it was soaring 267 miles above the south Pacific Ocean

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari is pictured during a six-hour and 54-minute spacewalk to install thermal gear and electronic components on the International Space Station

SpaceX's Crew Dragon - named Freedom by the Crew-4 astronauts - atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX's Crew Dragon - named Freedom by the Crew-4 astronauts - atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket, rolls out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 19, 2022

SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts take a break during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT) at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Aug. 13, 2022

CAPSTONE is expected to be the first CubeSat to fly in cislunar space - the orbital space near and around the Moon. The mission will demonstrate an innovative spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation

The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship and the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module are pictured as the International Space Station orbited into an orbital sunset 260 miles

Following two years of virtual events, high school and college teams from across the country return to Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama, to compete in NASAOs Student Launch rocketry competition April 23

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022

This image shows the first measurements taken by NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
This image shows the first measurements taken by NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) from aboard the International Space Station at 7 51 p.m. PDT (10 51 p.m)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on July 12, 2022

Citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos created this enhanced-color image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument. At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 44

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off on May 19, 2022, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for NASA Boeing's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2

From left, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata

The Sheep Fire started on June 12th, 2022, Northeast of the town of Wrightwood in San Bernardino County. The fire burned 865 acres and was contained on June 19th, 2022

Plumes are pictured from the SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship's Draco engines as they fire following its undocking
Plumes are pictured from the SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship's Draco engines as they fire following its undocking from the International Space Station's Harmony module's space-facing port

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41

Lake Tana, Ethiopia's largest lake, and Dek Island are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited
Lake Tana, Ethiopia's largest lake, and Dek Island are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the African nation

The Full Quarter Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida

The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, packed with over 4, 000 pounds of return cargo and science experiments for analysis, backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from

This look at the complex surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede came from NASA
This look at the complex surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede came from NASA's Juno mission during a close pass by the giant moon in June 2021

Artist's rendering of the Orion Artemis I spacecraft
Artist's rendering of the Orion Artemis I spacecraft

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on July 12, 2022

Kennedy Space Center's launch pads, 39A and 39B, are pictured on Merritt Island in Florida from the International
Kennedy Space Center's launch pads, 39A and 39B, are pictured on Merritt Island in Florida from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean

The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship, carrying three Expedition 66 crew members, backs away from the International Space Station after undocking from the Rassvet module

A transmission spectrum made from a single observation using Webb's Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph
A transmission spectrum made from a single observation using Webb's Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS)

This area, on the western edge of Milankovic Crater on Mars, has a thick deposit of sediment that covers a layer rich in ice. The ice is not obvious unless you look in color

Massive deposits of sediments rich in hydrated sulfates are found in central Valles Marineris. Such deposits on Earth are soft and easily eroded, and that appears to be true on Mars as well

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