“Small Satellite Deployed From the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

A satellite is ejected from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer on the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2016. The satellite is actually two small satellites that, once at a safe distance from the station, separated from each other, but were still connected by a 100-meter-long Kevlar tether. via NASA ift.tt/2hU5LNj
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Small Satellite Deployed From the Space Station was taken on December 19, 2016 at 03:50AM

“Hubble Gazes at a Cosmic Megamaser” was uploaded to Flickr

This galaxy acts as an astronomical laser, beaming out microwave emission rather than visible light. via NASA ift.tt/2ihOnTW
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Hubble Gazes at a Cosmic Megamaser was taken on September 12, 2016 at 12:09PM

“Basking in Light” was uploaded to Flickr

Sunlight truly has come to Saturn's north pole. The whole northern region is bathed in sunlight in this view from late 2016, feeble though the light may be at Saturn's distant domain in the solar system. via NASA ift.tt/2iqTKzS
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Basking in Light was taken on December 28, 2016 at 03:31AM

“Lights in the Darkness” was uploaded to Flickr

Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth. The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada. via NASA ift.tt/2hkyREI
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Lights in the Darkness was taken on December 22, 2016 at 09:14AM

“Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the Festive Spirit” was uploaded to Flickr

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA sent holiday greetings and festive imagery from the cupola on Dec. 18. via NASA ift.tt/2hk5FCF
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the Festive Spirit was taken on December 18, 2016 at 07:34AM

“Pandora Up Close” was uploaded to Flickr

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon Pandora. Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across) orbits Saturn just outside the narrow F ring. via NASA ift.tt/2hKYWR9
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Pandora Up Close was taken on December 21, 2016 at 08:11AM

“This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Saturn V Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968” was uploaded to Flickr

This week in 1968, Apollo 8, the first crewed Saturn V launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968. Here, the S-IC stage is being erected for final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. via NASA ift.tt/2i1MytA
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This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Saturn V Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968 was taken on December 21, 2016 at 07:41AM

“This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Apollo Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968” was uploaded to Flickr

This week in 1968, Apollo 8, the first crewed Apollo mission, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968. Here, the S-IC stage is being erected for final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle in Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building. via NASA ift.tt/2haJE7x
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This Week in NASA History: First Crewed Apollo Mission Launches -- Dec. 21, 1968 was taken on December 21, 2016 at 06:16AM

“International Space Station Solar Transit” was uploaded to Flickr

This composite image, made from ten frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly five miles per second, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, from Newbury Park, California. via NASA ift.tt/2hn2rKs
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International Space Station Solar Transit was taken on December 17, 2016 at 05:33AM

“Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland” was uploaded to Flickr

Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them. via NASA ift.tt/2h4q8v8
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Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland was taken on December 19, 2016 at 03:48AM

“Hubble "Crane-s" in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy” was uploaded to Flickr

Spiral galaxy IC 5201 sits 40 million light-years from us in the Crane constellation. As with most spirals we see, it has a bar of stars slicing through its center. via NASA ift.tt/2gSlccM
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Hubble "Crane-s" in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy was taken on December 12, 2016 at 01:00AM

“View of NASA's CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane” was uploaded to Flickr

Hurricane forecasters will soon have a new tool to better understand and forecast storm intensity. A constellation of eight microsatellites, called NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, got a boost into Earth orbit aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket, deployed from an L-1011 aircraft. via NASA ift.tt/2gNzyLp
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View of NASA's CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane was taken on December 12, 2016 at 03:04AM

“Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

The foreground of this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows purple-hued rocks near the rover's late-2016 location on lower Mount Sharp. The scene's middle distance includes higher layers that are future destinations for the mission. via NASA ift.tt/2hwMORD
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Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars was taken on December 09, 2016 at 06:14AM

“HTV-6 Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this photograph of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) as it approached the International Space Station. Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet successfully captured the spacecraft using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. via NASA ift.tt/2gWGfGZ
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HTV-6 Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station was taken on December 13, 2016 at 07:12AM

“The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth)” was uploaded to Flickr

Many Martian landscapes contain features that are familiar to ones we find on Earth, like river valleys, cliffs, glaciers and volcanos. via NASA ift.tt/2gsJXXz
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The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth) was taken on December 12, 2016 at 03:05AM

“Sunrise With Solar Array” was uploaded to Flickr

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2016, and shared it on social media, writing, "Sunrises. We experience 16 sunrises every 24 hours on the International Space Station as it takes us 90 minutes to do a complete orbit of our planet flying at 28,800 km/h." via NASA ift.tt/2htfFoS
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Sunrise With Solar Array was taken on November 25, 2016 at 08:02AM

“Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea” was uploaded to Flickr

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a long lens to document what crews have termed one of the most spectacular features of the planet: the dunes of the Namib Sand Sea. via NASA ift.tt/2godViQ
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Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea was taken on March 27, 2016 at 12:23PM

“Oceanic Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves From the Lombok Strait” was uploaded to Flickr

On November 1, 2016, NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Indonesia, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board to capture a stunning true-color image of oceanic nonlinear internal solitary waves from the Lombok Strait. via NASA ift.tt/2gTsLOY
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Oceanic Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves From the Lombok Strait was taken on December 07, 2016 at 01:12AM

“Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM” was uploaded to Flickr

Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station -- the Sally Ride EarthKAM -- to photograph this portion of the Sahara desert in western Libya on October 3, 2016. The Expedition 50 crew set up the EarthKAM gear in the Harmony module’s Earth-facing hatch window, to allow students to photograph targets on Earth. via NASA ift.tt/2gz3WVF
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Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM was taken on December 06, 2016 at 01:34AM

“Chaos at Hyperion” was uploaded to Flickr

The moon Hyperion tumbles as it orbits Saturn. via NASA ift.tt/2gbL5C4
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Chaos at Hyperion was taken on December 05, 2016 at 02:44AM

“Hidden Figures Premiere and Award Ceremony” was uploaded to Flickr

Actress Octavia Spencer, left, who plays Dorothy Vaughan in the film "Hidden Figures" and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, greets NASA "human computer" Katherine Johnson, at a reception to honor NASA's "human computers" on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, VA. via NASA ift.tt/2fP1tKo
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Hidden Figures Premiere and Award Ceremony was taken on December 01, 2016 at 01:07PM

“Rift in Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf” was uploaded to Flickr

On Nov. 10, 2016, scientists on NASA's IceBridge mission photographed an oblique view of a massive rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. Icebridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, completed an eighth consecutive Antarctic deployment on Nov. 18. via NASA ift.tt/2gQdJ9s
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Rift in Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf was taken on December 01, 2016 at 05:17AM