This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth’s atmospheric glow. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-starry-sky-above-the-earths-atmospheric-glow-1 August 06, 2020

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/curiosity-celebrates-8-years-on-the-red-planet August 05, 2020

For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/outbursts-from-a-double-star-system August 04, 2020

Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-endeavour-lifted-aboard-recovery-ship August 03, 2020

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-dragon-safely-returns-astronauts August 02, 2020

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-dragon-as-it-approached-the-space-station August 01, 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/liftoff-to-the-red-planet July 30, 2020

The engines fired as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover onboard launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-different-view-of-the-mars-perseverance-launch July 30, 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mars-perseverance-prepared-for-launch-to-the-red-planet July 29, 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/countdown-to-mars July 28, 2020

This image of Jezero Crater, the landing site for the Mars Perseverance Rover, was taken by instruments on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jezero-crater-landing-site-for-the-mars-perseverance-rover July 28, 2020

Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren’t visible from the ground. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/carrying-a-telescope-aloft July 27, 2020

This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet via NASA https://ift.tt/3gahXrL July 24, 2020

Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. via NASA https://ift.tt/32M7sXy July 22, 2020

NASA is developing technologies to send humans to the Red Planet. via NASA https://ift.tt/32KhEQg July 22, 2020

On July 21, 1969, command and service module pilot Michael Collins photographed this close-up view of the docking target on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module from the Command Module. via NASA https://ift.tt/3fPKHFZ July 21, 2020