Topic: NASA

NASA
The Backstory

The First Earthrise

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | 1

45 years ago this month, a photo from space forever changed how human beings saw the cosmos.

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Dan Winters for TIME
Photo Essay

The Last Liftoff: A Farewell to the Shuttle Program

Monday, July 11, 2011 | 0

Photographer Dan Winters captures a final look at the launch of Atlantis, the last space shuttle launched at the end of NASA’s shuttle program.

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NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Out There

Mission to Saturn: Beauty from the Final Frontier

Thursday, June 16, 2011 | 0

More than 13 years ago, the Cassini satellite punched through the Earth’s lower atmosphere on its way to Saturn, transmitting images millions of miles away. Filmmakers Chris Abbas created a short film of the spacecraft’s amazing images.

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ESA/NASA
Photo Essay

Our Beautiful Planet: Images from Space by an Astronaut Photographer

Thursday, June 9, 2011 | 0

LightBox presents a beautiful collection of photos of the Earth taken during European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA/Reuters
Man on the Wire

Unprecedented Image of Space Shuttle Released

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | 0

The International Space Station is seen with the docked space shuttle Endeavour in this photo provided by NASA. Taken on May 23, 2011, and released June 7, 2011, the photo by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz […]

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Out There

Mercury Poses for Its Closeup

Thursday, March 31, 2011 | 0

When astronomers try to explain why everyone should be as excited as they are about a bit of space news, they tend to reach for superlatives: This is the hottest/ coldest/ biggest/ smallest/ oldest/ most mysterious/ most powerful thing we’ve […]

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