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Berlin Airlift in Miniature

Photographer Kevin Wolf visited the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri last year. The permanent collection includes a section dedicated to the 1948 Berlin airlifts, which kept food and supplies flowing into West Berlin while the Soviet Union tried to starve them out in an attempt to control the entire city. In the museum, hundreds of model airplanes hang from the ceiling as a frightful reminder of the beginnings of the Cold War.

An excavating robot mines the Moon. Perhaps the writing should be in Chinese.

Mining the Moon, Fueling the Future

What does the term "mining" really mean for the Moon and other extraterrestrial bodies?

A Jolly Transit

An astrophysics student recorded a strange dip in luminosity

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One Spacewalk Down, Two to Go

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio went on a five-and-a-half hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station last Sunday to begin work on a cooling system that has been misbehaving. Hopkins tweeted this photo yesterday, saying, "Wow...can't believe that is me yesterday. Wish I could find the words to describe the experience, truly amazing." A second spacewalk will begin tomorrow, December 24, just after 7 a.m. EST, and if necessary, a third will take place on Christmas Day.

Recreating the First Earthrise

How and why the Apollo 8 astronauts photographed the first Earthrise over the moon, 45 years ago

The lakes in Titan’s northern hemisphere

A New Map of Titan’s Lakes

Ligeia Mare, one of the largest methane lakes on Saturn's moon, has about twice the volume of Lake Michigan

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Hubble's Holiday Wreath

The light from RS Puppis, a Cepheid variable star, brightens and dims on a six-week cycle, flickering through the surrounding dust in a "light echo."

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The Milky Way Above Halloran Summit, CA

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A New Site to Explore on the Moon

The Chang’E 3 spacecraft has landed on one of the most geologically interesting spots on the Moon. What might it discover?

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Chang’e-3 On The Moon

China’s first landing on another world

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Aeromiting

Aeromiting means "air show" in Serbian.

Water Plumes on Europa: What Lies Beneath?

Newly discovered geysers may make the exploration of Jupiter's icy moon much easier

Earth and Moon seen by passing Juno spacecraft

Earth and Moon: The Movie

A little perspective from NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft

Photo by Nickolas Gouveia (Worcester, Massachusetts). Photographed January 1, 2013.

USAF B1 Bomber Waits in Undisclosed Location

The Sheepbed Mudstone on Mars. Low salinity, tolerable acidity and other traits would have made this ancient lake hospitable to life

Curiosity – And a New Meteorite Find – Show That Mars Was Once Habitable

The chances of finding Martian fossils just went up

Photo and caption by Melissa Koehn (Kailua, Hawaii). Photographed on May 1, 2013, Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Observatory on Mauna Kea Before Sunset

Inside the Mangalyaan control room as the spacecraft left Earth orbit on December 1.

China Prepares for Its First Moon Landing

It's been almost 40 years since a spacecraft last touched down on the lunar surface

Photo and caption by Grace Yang (Beverly Hills, California). Photographed December 1, 2012, Arlington, Texas.

Into the Sunset

Photo by Ken Lee (Lake Balboa, Calfornia). Photographed on July 1, 2013, Trona Pinnacles, California.

Milky Way Lights the Way

A memorial to the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers

Memorial Park: A Walk Through History

On the way from the parking lot at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, take a detour and honor some brave veterans

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