"Insertion Of Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (foreground) And Thomas P. Stafford Into Gemini-6A Spacecraft

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2024 Solar Eclipse from the ISS.

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James Webb Space Telescope image of Pillars of Creation

30 years ago today, Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle, piloting Discovery on its STS-63 mission. She later also became the first woman to command the space shuttle. She reflects on her career in #ASQ: s.si.edu/3SJEOQq

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Eileen M. Collins, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, was the first woman to be the pilot on a NASA space shuttle flight. She recently spoke

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X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet

Like images of broken light, Webb captured these carbon-rich dust shells around a binary star system. Drifting swiftly outwards, they are seeding their surroundings with carbon - one way elements spread across the universe.

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Science Services’ Science Program series booklet Man in Space. Nelson Doubleday - 1965.

Globular Cluster

NGC 1850 is a fascinating globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

It is situated approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado.

NGC 1850 is notable for its rich population of stars and its complex structure, which includes multiple stellar populations.

Credits: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Clearest Image ever taken of Mars’ North Pole. Yes that’s water ice.