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Node 3 Hide and Seek

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took a series of photographs showing the interior of the International Space Station nodes, overexposing the foreground in order to get all the details of the interior, making for a very cool blown-out frame.

Curiosity's view of the Bagnold Dunes in late November (click here for full image).

Curiosity Set to Explore Martian Sand Dunes

The rover will tread carefully, in case it’s a trap.

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Osprey Lights

Two CV-22B Ospreys get routine maintenance at Eglin Range Complex in Florida.

From an observation deck at a Sanat Monica Airport restaurant, pilots and other aviation fans can watch the airplanes gather nearby.

Santa Monica Airport Will Stay Open

An FAA decision amounts to a stay of execution for the small airfield.

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High-Risk Rescue

A crew from Kadena Air Base flies an HH-60G Pave Hawk to perform a rope-ladder recovery off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

Another performer gets ready to go on.

Cage of Drones

Demos, glitches and crashes at the National Drone Show.

Akatsuki took this infrared image of Venus on its unplanned flyby five years ago. Better pictures to come.

Akatsuki Gets a Second Chance at Venus

A Japanese probe makes good on its plan to orbit another planet.

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Cosmic Explosions

In the center is Hen 2-427, a Wolf-Rayet star, which is ejecting all the hot gas that’s forming the surrounding nebula, M1-67.

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory would have used the Gemini spacecraft as a means of getting astronauts to and from the station.

The MOL-Men Come Into the Light

A reunion—and newly declassified pictures—provide more detail on the military’s secretive space station project of the 1960s.

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Plowing the Flightline

Crews clear the snow at 5 Wing Goose Bay, Canada.

A living chiton, Acanthopleura granulate, also known as the West Indian fuzzy chiton, on a rock in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

This Bizarre Rock Creature Has Minerals for Eyes

An alien in our midst, in the form of a Caribbean chiton.

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Popcorn Clouds

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this image during her stay aboard the International Space Station.

A Norwegian 787 completes an efficient flight to Los Angeles

Steps Toward a Green Guide to Flying

A new study on airline carbon efficiency is interesting, but not as helpful as it seems.

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Refueling Formation

U.S. Air Force F-16s conduct a refueling exercise with a KC-135 Stratotanker.

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Galaxy Starburst

This galaxy, a blue compact dwarf, is going through a burst of star formation.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket makes a controlled landing on November 23, 2015.

Blue Origin Sticks the Landing

Jeff Bezos’ space tourist company makes a move in the upright-landing-rocket race.

Luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch.

Meeting Hanna Reitsch

In 1952, a young Frederick Forsyth met Hitler’s personal pilot.

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Eastern Snowboard

This image from NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows snow covering parts of northern United States on January 8, 2015.

John Newcomb (fourth from left) and other members of the Lunar Orbiter team watch the first Earthrise picture come in, August 1966.

The Man Who Named the Martian Day

A new memoir looks back at the early days of planetary exploration.

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Fire Scout at Sea

An MQ-8B Fire Scout UAS performs ground turns aboard the USS Fort Worth.

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