“Space Station in the Sky Over Washington D.C.” was uploaded to Flickr

The International Space Station is seen in this twenty-second exposure as it flies over the Washington National Cathedral, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Onboard are: NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Sergey Ryanzansky; and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli. via NASA ift.tt/2Ai5EYb
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Space Station in the Sky Over Washington D.C. was taken on November 29, 2017 at 12:35PM

“A Proving Ground in Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Dellingr is a shoebox-sized spacecraft built to show that CubeSat platforms could be cost-effective, reliable and capable of gathering highly robust science. via NASA ift.tt/2zNsgko
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A Proving Ground in Space was taken on November 20, 2017 at 12:02PM

“Alpha and Omega” was uploaded to Flickr

These two images illustrate just how far Cassini traveled to get to Saturn. via NASA ift.tt/2BgsfBr
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Alpha and Omega was taken on November 26, 2017 at 04:46PM

“Star Wanders Too Close to a Black Hole” was uploaded to Flickr

This artist's rendering shows the tidal disruption event named ASASSN-14li, where a star wandering too close to a 3-million-solar-mass black hole was torn apart. The debris gathered into an accretion disk around the black hole. via NASA ift.tt/2hS1Q5y
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Star Wanders Too Close to a Black Hole was taken on November 24, 2017 at 03:30AM

“The Beauty of Ice” was uploaded to Flickr

Ice can be stunningly beautiful and also quite varied in its appearance. via NASA ift.tt/2zssDk2
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The Beauty of Ice was taken on November 22, 2017 at 03:30AM

“Tending Your Garden ... In Space” was uploaded to Flickr

If you plant it, will it grow (in space)? The answer is yes, at least for certain types of plants. via NASA ift.tt/2zpxa6R
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Tending Your Garden ... In Space was taken on November 20, 2017 at 02:53AM

“Behold! Observing the Sun” was uploaded to Flickr

A broad hole in the corona was the Sun's dominant feature November 7-9, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2jH94NM
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Behold! Observing the Sun was taken on November 20, 2017 at 02:30AM

“Jovian Tempest” was uploaded to Flickr

This color-enhanced image of a massive, raging storm in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. via NASA ift.tt/2A7ToKr
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Jovian Tempest was taken on November 16, 2017 at 08:59AM

“Sunrise Flight to the Space Station” was uploaded to Flickr

Orbital ATK's Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-ike UltraFlex solar arrays approaches the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2z9ouRN
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Sunrise Flight to the Space Station was taken on November 14, 2017 at 04:28AM

“How to See the Atmosphere” was uploaded to Flickr

How can you see the atmosphere? The answer is blowing in the wind. via NASA ift.tt/2z3kqCD
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How to See the Atmosphere was taken on November 15, 2017 at 05:31AM

“Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

On November 14, 1971, Mariner ( took this image of a shield volcano on Mars. via NASA ift.tt/2zW0Sjy
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Mariner 9 Sees Shield Volcano on Mars was taken on November 14, 2017 at 05:30AM

“Our Living Earth ... From Space” was uploaded to Flickr

Can you identify this river? via NASA ift.tt/2hp8xvp
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Our Living Earth ... From Space was taken on October 29, 2017 at 02:41PM

“Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight. Fischer, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, wrote, "Few things can compare to the honor of meeting WWII, Korea and Vietnam vets today--thank you for your sacrifices to keep us all free." via NASA ift.tt/2iKZW6A
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Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans was taken on November 04, 2017 at 09:29AM

“Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles” was uploaded to Flickr

On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon. via NASA ift.tt/2m8w1ua
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Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles was taken on November 09, 2017 at 04:30AM

“Rare Encircling Filament” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a dark filament encircling an active region (Oct. 29-31, 2017). Solar filaments are clouds of charged particles that float above the sun, tethered to it by magnetic forces. via NASA ift.tt/2yhGPrr
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Rare Encircling Filament was taken on November 08, 2017 at 08:30AM

“Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed cloudy skies over Sudan during an International Space Station flyover on Oct. 22, 2017. Nespoli shared the image with his followers on social media on Nov. 6, writing, "#EarthFromSpace means also... Lots of clouds! How do they look from below?" via NASA ift.tt/2AhQv5K
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Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds was taken on October 22, 2017 at 11:18AM

“Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber” was uploaded to Flickr

As Cassini hurtled toward its fatal encounter with Saturn, the spacecraft turned to catch this final look at Saturn's moon Pandora next to the thin line of the F ring. via NASA ift.tt/2AdCOF7
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Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber was taken on November 06, 2017 at 01:37AM

“Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA is performing a series of tests to evaluate how astronauts and ground crew involved in final preparations before Orion missions will quickly get out of the spacecraft, if an emergency were to occur on the pad prior to launch. via NASA ift.tt/2zhQOR2
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Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches was taken on October 31, 2017 at 05:39PM

“Revealing What Lies Beneath” was uploaded to Flickr

This false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity Mars rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) can reveal the presence of certain minerals in target rocks. T via NASA ift.tt/2ioVgTK
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Revealing What Lies Beneath was taken on November 02, 2017 at 04:31AM

“From Hot to Hottest” was uploaded to Flickr

This sequence of images shows the Sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken at about the same time on Oct. 27, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2iURKVn
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From Hot to Hottest was taken on November 01, 2017 at 05:31AM