“Sunrise Through the Solar Arrays” was uploaded to Flickr

On July 26, 2017, a member of the Expedition 52 crew aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of one of the 16 sunrises they experience every day, as the orbiting laboratory travels around Earth. One of the solar panels that provides power to the station is seen in the upper left. via NASA ift.tt/2vYsCPc
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Sunrise Through the Solar Arrays was taken on July 26, 2017 at 10:36AM

“Expedition 52 Soyuz Launches to the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is launched with Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA ift.tt/2tKAz9d
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Expedition 52 Soyuz Launches to the Space Station was taken on July 28, 2017 at 05:41PM

“Haze on the Horizon” was uploaded to Flickr

This false-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes toward the rings beyond Saturn's sunlit horizon. via NASA ift.tt/2uFPXVE
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Haze on the Horizon was taken on July 26, 2017 at 09:12AM

“Expedition 52 Soyuz Rollout” was uploaded to Flickr

The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as it is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The Expedition 52 crew is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz on Friday, July 28, at 11:41 a.m. EDT (9:41 p.m. Baikonur time). via NASA ift.tt/2vIFr0f
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Expedition 52 Soyuz Rollout was taken on July 26, 2017 at 05:30AM

“Watching the Aurora From Orbit” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA shared photos and time-lapse video of a glowing green aurora seen from his vantage point 250 miles up, aboard the International Space Station. This aurora photo was taken on June 26, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2uU3SKy
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Watching the Aurora From Orbit was taken on June 25, 2017 at 08:09AM

“Hubble’s Hunting Dog Galaxy” was uploaded to Flickr

Tucked away in the small northern constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs) is the galaxy NGC 4242. via NASA ift.tt/2twOBzs
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Hubble’s Hunting Dog Galaxy was taken on January 24, 2017 at 11:19AM

“Enhanced Color Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

Toward the right side of this enhanced-color scene is a broad notch in the crest of the western rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars. Wheel tracks in that area were left by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it observed "Perseverance Valley" from above in the spring of 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2uhwo7D
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Enhanced Color Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' on Mars was taken on July 21, 2017 at 02:30AM

“Lunar Module at Tranquility Base” was uploaded to Flickr

This photograph of the Lunar Module at Tranquility Base was taken by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission, from the rim of Little West Crater on the lunar surface. Armstrong's shadow and the shadow of the camera are visible in the foreground. This is the furthest distance from the lunar module traveled by either astronaut while on the moon. via NASA ift.tt/2tiLhDM
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Lunar Module at Tranquility Base was taken on July 20, 2017 at 05:30AM

“July 14 Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection” was uploaded to Flickr

A medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection erupted from the same, large active region of the sun on July 14, 2017. The flare lasted almost two hours, quite a long duration. The coils arcing over this active region are particles spiraling along magnetic field lines. via NASA ift.tt/2uJ7lf4
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July 14 Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection was taken on July 19, 2017 at 05:30AM

“NASA Evaluates How Crew Will Exit Orion Spacecraft” was uploaded to Flickr

When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, they’ll still need to safely get out of the spacecraft and back on dry land. Using the waters off the coast of Galveston, a NASA and Department of Defense team tested Orion exit procedures on July 10-14, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2vefiGn
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NASA Evaluates How Crew Will Exit Orion Spacecraft was taken on July 13, 2017 at 09:33AM

“NASA Langley and the Space Race” was uploaded to Flickr

Neil Armstrong trained for the Apollo 11 mission at NASA Langley's Lunar Landing Research Facility on equipment that cancelled all but one-sixth of Earth's gravitational force. Armstrong offered perhaps the greatest tribute to the importance of his training when asked what it was like to land on the moon, replying, "Like Langley." via NASA ift.tt/2tjeylH
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NASA Langley and the Space Race was taken on July 17, 2017 at 06:31AM

“Hubble Traps a Lynx Barred Spiral” was uploaded to Flickr

NGC 2500 is a particular kind of spiral galaxy known as a barred spiral, its wispy arms swirling out from a bright, elongated core. via NASA ift.tt/2tU0IDG
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Hubble Traps a Lynx Barred Spiral was taken on February 09, 2217 at 07:00PM

“Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (Enhanced Color)” was uploaded to Flickr

This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2tQeNll
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (Enhanced Color) was taken on July 12, 2017 at 11:05AM

“Looking Back: Aircraft Engineering Research Conference at Langley's Full Scale Tunnel, 1934” was uploaded to Flickr

This year, NASA is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In Langley's early years of crafting flight, aviation pioneers flocked to the center for engineering conferences. This photo was taken in Langley's Full Scale Tunnel during the 1934 Aircraft Engineering Research Conference. via NASA ift.tt/2sQ4IDO
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Looking Back: Aircraft Engineering Research Conference at Langley's Full Scale Tunnel, 1934 was taken on October 02, 2012 at 05:19AM

“Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too” was uploaded to Flickr

On May 29, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of ice covering the Amundsen Gulf, Great Bear Lake, and numerous small lakes in the northern reaches of Canada’s Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Icy lakes and rivers make a significant footprint on the Arctic landscape. via NASA ift.tt/2tJZ0om
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Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too was taken on July 11, 2017 at 05:31AM

“Dawn’s Early Light” was uploaded to Flickr

The light of a new day on Saturn illuminates the planet’s wavy cloud patterns and the smooth arcs of the vast rings. via NASA ift.tt/2sWYfeq
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Dawn’s Early Light was taken on July 10, 2017 at 04:31AM

“Winds Trigger Pond Growth” was uploaded to Flickr

Wind is a force to be reckoned with. It can stir up monsoons, carry dust thousands of miles, and sculpt rock into sinuous arches. But sometimes, the effects of wind go unnoticed for years, like when it carves away slowly at the edges of a pond. via NASA ift.tt/2suFpH8
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Winds Trigger Pond Growth was taken on July 07, 2017 at 04:31AM

“Vice President Mike Pence Visits Kennedy Space Center” was uploaded to Flickr

Vice President Mike Pence addresses NASA employees, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. via NASA ift.tt/2sRRqpn
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Vice President Mike Pence Visits Kennedy Space Center was taken on July 06, 2017 at 09:25AM

“This Week in NASA History: Apollo AS-203 Launches -- July 5, 1966” was uploaded to Flickr

This week in 1966, the AS-203 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo AS-203 mission was an uncrewed test of the vehicle’s second stage, the S-IVB stage, and the instrument unit of the Saturn V to obtain flight information under orbital conditions. via NASA ift.tt/2sFZqP6
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This Week in NASA History: Apollo AS-203 Launches -- July 5, 1966 was taken on July 08, 2008 at 10:41AM

“Happy Fourth of July From the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson celebrated the Fourth of July from over 250 miles above Earth on the International Space Station. Fischer shared this photo on social media and said, "We sometimes have issues standing up straight, but we have no problems at all showing our American pride-Happy 4th!" via NASA ift.tt/2umrzrV
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Happy Fourth of July From the Space Station was taken on July 04, 2017 at 06:31AM

“Dragon Returns Space Station Science to Earth” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer photographed the SpaceX Dragon capsule as it reentered Earth's atmosphere before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California at 8:12 a.m. EDT, July 3, 2017. Fischer commented, "Beautiful expanse of stars-but the “long” orange one is SpaceX-11 reentering!" via NASA ift.tt/2t9KQy8
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Dragon Returns Space Station Science to Earth was taken on July 03, 2017 at 08:00AM