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ALT A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Harmony module's forward post while orbitng 265 miles above a cloudy North Pacific Ocean. Dragon, packed with completed science experiments and cargo for retrieval and analysis on Earth, parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of southern California the following day.
ALT A close-up photo of the Moon, which is about three-quarters full; its left side is in shadow. Its gray seas and circular impact craters are clearly visible. Near the center of the image, the International Space Station can just barely be seen passing in front of the Moon. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
ALT A reddish Moon, with clouds passing in front of it, floats above a quickly-moving subway train at night. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ALT A large, golden Moon, partially shrouded by light clouds, hangs above the peak of the Washington Monument, which is covered in scaffolding. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ALT This oval map shows the whole sky captured by NASA's TESS satellite. It has a grayish white band running across the image just left of center. Blue and orange dots speckle the image, representing confirmed and candidate exoplanets, respectively. A few black lines and arcs are visible in the image, the longest running near the edge from about 11 o\u2019clock to 3 o\u2019clock. There is a small, bright oval at the center. This image is watermarked with \u201CCredit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Veselin Kostov (University of Maryland College Park).\u201D
ALT A hazy galaxy shines against black space, with brighter blue stars seen at right, interspersed with patchy clouds of pink nebulae.
