“Aurora South of Australia” was uploaded to Flickr

On June 24, 2016, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA photographed the brilliant lights of an aurora from the International Space Station. Sharing the image on social media, Williams wrote, "We were treated to some spectacular aurora south of Australia today." via NASA ift.tt/2964Ep2
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Aurora South of Australia was taken on June 30, 2016 at 02:20PM

“Aurora South of Australia” was uploaded to Flickr

On June 24, 2016, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA photographed the brilliant lights of an aurora from the International Space Station. Sharing the image on social media, Williams wrote, "We were treated to some spectacular aurora south of Australia today." via NASA ift.tt/2932HcB
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Aurora South of Australia was taken on June 24, 2016 at 12:57PM

“Crew Dragon Pressure Vessel Put to the Test” was uploaded to Flickr

Pressure vessels built by SpaceX to test its Crew Dragon designs are going through structural testing, so engineers can analyze the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the harsh conditions of launch and spaceflight. A pressure vessel is the area of the spacecraft where astronauts will sit during their ride to the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/293AbZK
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Crew Dragon Pressure Vessel Put to the Test was taken on June 20, 2016 at 08:17PM

“Booster Test for Space Launch System Rocket” was uploaded to Flickr

The second and final qualification motor (QM-2) test for the Space Launch System’s booster is seen, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems test facilities in Promontory, Utah. During the Space Launch System flight the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth. via NASA ift.tt/291UFD7
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Booster Test for Space Launch System Rocket was taken on June 28, 2016 at 05:05AM

“Juno on Jupiter's Doorstep” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA's Juno spacecraft obtained this color view on June 21, 2016, at a distance of 6.8 million miles (10.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4. As Juno makes its initial approach, the giant planet's four largest moons -- Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto -- are visible. via NASA ift.tt/29gy6tM
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Juno on Jupiter's Doorstep was taken on June 27, 2016 at 04:29AM

“A Test Version of the Booster for NASA's New Rocket” was uploaded to Flickr

A test version of the booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, will fire up for the second of two qualification ground tests at 10:05 a.m. EDT (8:05 a.m. MDT) Tuesday, June 28 at prime contractor Orbital ATK's test facility in Promontory, Utah. NASA Television will air live coverage of the booster test June 28 beginning at 9:30 a.m. via NASA ift.tt/28Vyema
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A Test Version of the Booster for NASA's New Rocket was taken on April 30, 2016 at 06:12AM

“Hubble Sees New Dark Spot on Neptune” was uploaded to Flickr

New images obtained on May 16, 2016, by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. This full visible-light image shows that the dark feature resides near and below a patch of bright clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. via NASA ift.tt/28V3nVp
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Hubble Sees New Dark Spot on Neptune was taken on June 23, 2016 at 06:32AM

“Pervasive Ice Retreat in West Antarctica” was uploaded to Flickr

Along the Bellingshausen Sea coast of West Antarctica, ice has been retreating inland being lost to the sea. Scientists knew this, but they lacked a full picture of the scale. Now a team of researchers has compiled a Landsat-based data set and found that such losses have been going on for at least the past four decades. via NASA ift.tt/28OJdyC
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Pervasive Ice Retreat in West Antarctica was taken on June 21, 2016 at 09:04AM

“Space Station View of the Full Moon” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA took this photograph on June 21, 2016, from the International Space Station, writing, "A spectacular rise of the full moon just before sunset while flying over western China." via NASA ift.tt/28K2lJR
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Space Station View of the Full Moon was taken on June 21, 2016 at 04:36AM

“Expedition 47 Soyuz Landing” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 47 crew members Tim Kopra of NASA, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Kopra, Peake, and Malenchenko are returning after six months onboard the International Space Station. via NASA ift.tt/28Iwr3y
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Expedition 47 Soyuz Landing was taken on June 18, 2016 at 11:11AM

“NASA's X-57 Hybrid Electric Research Plane” was uploaded to Flickr

With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.” This concept image illustrates NASA's X-57 plane in flight. via NASA ift.tt/1sJCEBk
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NASA's X-57 Hybrid Electric Research Plane was taken on June 07, 2016 at 06:36AM

“Sunset From the International Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA captured a series of photos for this composite image of the setting sun reflected by the ocean. via NASA ift.tt/28Hx1Ev
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Sunset From the International Space Station was taken on April 25, 2016 at 10:05AM

“Cygnus Cargo Craft Released From Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft is released from the International Space Station in this June 14, 2016, photograph by ESA astronaut Tim Peake. Once Cygnus reached a safe distance, ground controllers at NASA's Glenn Research Center initiated the sequence for an experiment design to better understand how fire spreads in a microgravity environment. via NASA ift.tt/1PtN3WF
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Cygnus Cargo Craft Released From Space Station was taken on June 14, 2016 at 09:27AM

“Orion Dives Deep for the Sake of Safety” was uploaded to Flickr

A test version of the Orion spacecraft is pulled back like a pendulum and released, taking a dive into the 20-foot-deep (6.1 meters) Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. via NASA ift.tt/1Q0SUIG
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Orion Dives Deep for the Sake of Safety was taken on June 08, 2016 at 12:00PM

“NASA Honors Orlando Victims” was uploaded to Flickr

The American flag flies at half staff at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background. On Sunday, June 12, President Barack Obama ordered U.S. flags flown at half staff “as a mark of respect for the victims of the act of hatred and terror” at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. via NASA ift.tt/1UMp3SN
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NASA Honors Orlando Victims was taken on June 13, 2016 at 09:09AM

“Hubble Uncovers a Mysterious Hermit” was uploaded to Flickr

The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf galaxy — as the name suggests, galaxies of this type are a little smaller and messier than their cosmic cousins, lacking the majestic swirl of a spiral or the coherence of an elliptical. via NASA ift.tt/1UHgF73
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Hubble Uncovers a Mysterious Hermit was taken on June 06, 2016 at 02:00AM

“Beams of Light on a Golden Lake” was uploaded to Flickr

This stunning Earth image taken by the Expedition 47 crew on May 31, 2016, from the International Space Station looks from northwestern China on the bottom into eastern Kazakhstan. The large lake in Kazakhstan with golden sun glint is the crescent-shaped Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia. via NASA ift.tt/1UiwouL
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Beams of Light on a Golden Lake was taken on May 31, 2016 at 09:34AM

“New Mission Studying Neutron Stars On Track for Launch” was uploaded to Flickr

A view of the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray Timing Instrument without its protective blanketing shows a collection of 56 close-packed sunshades. NICER, an upcoming NASA astrophysics mission, will uncover the physics governing the ultra-dense interiors of neutron stars. via NASA ift.tt/1XEqZ4a
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New Mission Studying Neutron Stars On Track for Launch was taken on January 21, 2016 at 09:56AM

“Frosted Dunes on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface. via NASA ift.tt/1VKpWxN
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Frosted Dunes on Mars was taken on May 16, 2016 at 12:12PM

“Space Station View of Noctilucent Clouds” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency photographed rare, high-altitude noctilucent or "night shining" clouds from the International Space Station on May 29, 2016. Noctilucent clouds form between 76 to 85 kilometers (47 to 53 miles) above the Earth’s surface, near the boundary of the mesosphere and thermosphere. via NASA ift.tt/25HBcgZ
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Space Station View of Noctilucent Clouds was taken on May 29, 2016 at 02:27PM

“Hubble Rocks with a Heavy-Metal Home” was uploaded to Flickr

This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home to heavy-metal stars of a celestial kind! The stars comprising this spectacular spherical cluster are enriched with much higher proportions of metals — elements heavier than hydrogen and helium are curiously known as metals in astronomy — than stars found in similar clusters. via NASA ift.tt/1Zj64kh
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Hubble Rocks with a Heavy-Metal Home was taken on May 30, 2016 at 02:00AM

“The Dark Side of Pluto” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image was obtained at a high phase angle –that is, with the sun on the other side of Pluto, as viewed by New Horizons. Seen here, sunlight filters through and illuminates Pluto’s complex atmospheric haze layers. via NASA ift.tt/1PnJjv2
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The Dark Side of Pluto was taken on June 02, 2016 at 05:27AM

“The Little Fox and the Giant Stars” was uploaded to Flickr

New stars are the lifeblood of our galaxy, and there is enough material revealed by this Herschel infrared image to build stars for millions of years to come. via NASA ift.tt/1XgnuRn
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The Little Fox and the Giant Stars was taken on June 01, 2016 at 03:53AM