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The Insane Camera Gear Used to Photograph Shuttle Launches in the 80s
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Meanwhile, In Space: A Hurricane On Saturn
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This Is How Astronauts Take Photos Of Earth From The International Space Station
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NASA Releases “Pillars of Creation” Image Captured by the Hubble
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Here Are 2.95-Million Photos of Earth From NASA
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Check Out This Incredible Four Gigapixel Panorama of Mars
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I Photographer: NASA Shooter Michelle Murphy
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The VST Marks its Inauguration With an Astonishing Image of the Carina Nebula
NASA Releases “Earth as Art” Book as Free PDF, iPad App
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NASA Satellite Image Shows Just How Massive Hurricane Sandy Really Is
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570 Megapixel “Dark Energy Camera” Starts Photographing The Skies
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Watch This Ultra-HD “Fly Through” Video of the International Space Station
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NASA Creates Giant Gigapan Panorama With Mars Rover Photos
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Neil Armstrong’s Photo Duds
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Why Does The Mars Rover Curiosity Only Have A 2MP Sensor?
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These Are The Cameras Currently Shooting On Mars
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NASA Releases Incredible Panoramic Photo of Mars
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First Full Image of Earth as Seen From Above the North Pole
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A Fujifilm Real 3D W3 Is Taking Photos In Space
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15 incredible photos taken by the Rosetta spacecraft
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The best photos from the 2018 Perseids meteor shower
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Celebrate NASA’s 60th birthday with these vintage photos from space
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Imaging the Brightest Supernova Ever
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Photo: Hubble Captures the Messier 9 Cluster With More Than 250,000 Stars
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NASA provides a powerful view of California’s deadly wildfires
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Check out the first 8k video footage from the International Space Station
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This is the first clear photo from NASA’s InSight spacecraft
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This 15 minute time-lapse from space takes you around the world twice
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See how NASA’s iconic Earthrise image was shot
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MU69 is the most distant object we’ve ever visited—and it looks like a space snowman
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New Hubble image offers a detailed look at the Triangulum Galaxy
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MU69, previously presumed a space snowman, is instead a pair of cosmic pancakes
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NASA Goes Digital
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Jupiter’s roiling clouds are a thing of beauty
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NASA Releases ‘Blue Marble 2012’ Photo of the Eastern Hemisphere
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Here’s the first-ever direct image of a black hole
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NASA created these alien clouds to study our atmosphere
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This stellar Crab Nebula image is the perfect way to celebrate Hubble’s birthday
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Redshirts on the red planet: Mars is sporting a giant Star Trek insignia
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NASA’s Guide to Photography with a Hasselblad Is Wonderfully Nerdy
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This is what it looks like to photograph a volcanic eruption from space
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How scientists colorize Hubble’s deep space photographs
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Amazing new photos of asteroid Ryugu present a new mystery: who cleaned up all the dust?
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Amateur Astrophotographer Captures Five Gigapixel View Of The Sky
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Scientists are scrambling to take more photos of this seemingly alien comet
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Who uses Photoshop on a Mars selfie?
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Photo: Tornado Trail in Massachusetts As Seen From Space
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This fluffy ball contains the story of the universe
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Astronauts Leave More Than $20,000 In Nikon Gear To Burn In Orbit
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ESO Telescope Snaps 268-Megapixel Pic Of The Heavens
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Nikon D300s Sent Into Space On A Weather Balloon
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Interactive Panorama Photo Takes You Inside The Space Shuttle Discovery
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There’s an ancient starburst in the heart of the Milky Way
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NASA’s top observatories teamed up to capture an imploding star in captivating 3D
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NASA Picks a 2MP Kodak CCD Camera Sensor For Journey to Jupiter
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This solar orbiter will get up-close images of the sun
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