Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/2O20mpo July 08, 2020

A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/2O5QXNx July 07, 2020

NASA astronaut Robert Behnken works during the Wednesday, July 1, 2020, six-hour and one-minute spacewalk to swap an aging nickel-hydrogen battery for a new lithium-ion battery on the International Space Station’s Starboard-6 truss structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/2VQUDHe July 06, 2020

Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived on Mars on July 4, 1997. via NASA https://ift.tt/2VCVtXZ July 01, 2020

On June 26, 2020, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy conducted the first of two spacewalks to swap batteries and upgrade power systems on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3iisdj1 July 01, 2020

June 30 is Asteroid Day. via NASA https://ift.tt/2NUDTdX June 30, 2020

Spacewalkers Bob Behnken (left) and Chris Cassidy (right) in the Quest Airlock on June 26, 2020, before beginning a spacewalk to replace batteries on one of two power channels on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ibmiw7 June 29, 2020

We don’t see the beautiful spiral arms of galaxy NGC 5907 in this Hubble image because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the rim of a plate. It is for this reason that NGC 5907 is also known as the Knife Edge galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/2BKHZT6 June 26, 2020

This composite image, made from six frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of five onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eyd7n3 June 25, 2020

On June 21, 2020, as the International Space Station orbited over Kazakhstan and into China, an external high-definition camera captures this picture of the solar eclipse shadowing a portion of the Asian continent. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YuRBdx June 24, 2020

In this image NGC 7027 resembles a jewel bug, an insect with a brilliantly colorful metallic shell. via NASA https://ift.tt/385kMHn June 23, 2020

NASA astronauts (from top) Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken work on U.S. spacesuits. via NASA https://ift.tt/3fLlHPv June 22, 2020

Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. via NASA https://ift.tt/2LI5Tz7 June 19, 2020

Pilots Troy Asher and Wayne Ringelberg walk out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s (AFRC) hangar in Palmdale, California, toward the flight line. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Yb0M2z June 17, 2020

Pilots Troy Asher and Wayne Ringelberg walk out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s (AFRC) hangar in Palmdale, California, toward the flight line. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Nc3kHr June 17, 2020

This artist’s concept shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/2N4cBRB June 17, 2020