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ALT The Worm Moon rises over New Orleans on the evening of March 13, 2025. The full Moon glows against a deep blue sky, framed by dark, out-of-focus tree branches in the foreground. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
ALT A black, cone-shaped spacecraft reentry capsule sits upright, with its pointed end stuck slightly into the wet sand of a desert plain dotted with low green shrubs. Pale mountains rise in the distance beneath a clear blue sky. The capsule appears intact after landing, standing out against the light-colored, sandy terrain.
ALT Closeup of Neptune where the planet takes up 3/4 of the frame. Storms and clouds are visible on this bluish gas giant.
ALT A desert landscape seen from directly above. The left side of the frame is filled with layers of light-toned rock and pits filled with dark sand. On the right, below a cliff, is more dark sand windblown into a rippled pattern. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
ALT Images from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) aboard the NOAA mission DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) show Earth on the December and June solstices and the March and September equinoxes, illustrating how the tilt of Earth’s axis shifts the continent’s apparent positions through the year. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
ALT A panoramic view of a desert landscape with reddish rocks and sand and low hills in the distance. At the center-right of the frame, rover tracks can be seen.
ALT A collage of a few dozen images of people celebrating International Observe the Moon Night in 2025.
ALT A panoramic view of a rocky desert landscape. Hills of layered rock stand in the background. The image has two predominant colors: blue tones for the portions of the image captured in the morning, and warmer tones for the portions captured in the eventing. In the foreground is the back half of a robotic Mars rover, with two of its wheels, its top deck, antennas, and its thermal generator visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
ALT An aerial view of a lunar crater. A bright, circular impact crater sits in the center of a dark, cratered surface, with white rays of ejected lunar material radiating outwards in all directions, creating a stark contrast against the gray terrain.
ALT Reid Wiseman posing with a group of Goddard employees standing around a model of the DraMS instrument. The model is displayed in a glass box with a Dragonfly logo displayed.
ALT Melissa Trainer showing Reid Wiseman the DraMS instrument through a window into Goddard's large clean room. She is facing away from the camera, gesturing to the window. He is turned sideways to the camera, listening to her. People working in full clean room attire are visible through the window.
ALT A group of LEMS team members pose with Reid Wiseman in front of a clean tent where the instrument was assembled. They are all looking up at the photographer on the second floor and smiling. Reid is holding a model of the LEMS instrument. The instrument is shaped roughly like an electric keyboard, with a handle on top like a suitcase. One side is covered in blue solar panel segments.
ALT Reid Wiseman holding a model of the LEMS instrument, while listening to a Goddard employee talk. He is wearing a blue flightsuit. The instrument is shaped roughly like an electric keyboard, with a handle on top like a suitcase. One side is covered in blue solar panel segments.
ALT Three robotic explorers in a grassy field: a drone parked between two rovers. The larger rover has a multi-jointed arm extending from it.
ALT A near‑total solar eclipse with the Moon covering most of the Sun. A bright burst of sunlight, known as the “diamond ring” effect, appears on the lower right edge. Soft rays extend outward, and several small, pink solar prominences are visible around the rim of the Sun.