Phobos-Grunt mission poster

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Pioneer at Jupiter

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JUICE (JUpiter Icy moon Explorer)

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MESSENGER entering orbit at Mercury

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Dawn at Vesta

Artist's concept of the Dawn spacecraft orbiting asteroid Vesta.

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Skylab, America's first space station

The Skylab space station, as imaged by the departing final crew, SL-4. Parasols in the foreground cover the absent micrometeorite/sun shield, and the left solar array is missing. A windmill of solar panels surrounds the Apollo Telescope Mount, which observed multiple solar flares throughout the program. Docking ports for NASA Command Modules are located on the Multiple Docking Adapter, directly beneath the ATM.

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Lightsail

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2001 Mars Odyssey

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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MESSENGER at Mercury

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MESSENGER at Venus

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NROL-25 goes west

The payload, a classified satellite, was bound for an unusual, 123 degree retrograde orbit.

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Artist's concept of antimatter propulsion system

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Dawn

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Juno launches to Jupiter

At 16:25 on August 5, 2011, the Atlas V 551 carrying Juno executed a picture-perfect liftoff.

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Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)

Artist's conception of the MPCV performing a rendezvous during a deep-space mission.

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DCAM2's view of IKAROS

A 32-frame animation from the deployable camera DCAM2 on IKAROS. The camera rotated as it receded, producing the apparent spin of the sail.

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OSIRIS-REx mission

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Atlantis rolls

Atlantis rotates during its roll program shortly after liftoff on STS-129, November 16, 2009.

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