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See moonshadows on Saturn's rings, volcanoes on Earth and Mars and other out-of-this-world imagery from June 2009. See the slide show

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Massive satellite blasts into space
July 2: The world’s biggest commercial telecommunications satellite blasts into orbit. Msnbc.com’s Becca Field reports

Volcano view from space
June 24: Crew members on the international space station take pictures of a volcanic eruption's shock wave. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

The marvelous missions of May
See Russia's red moon, Hubble highlights and other stunning space imagery from May 2009.

Astronauts’ Hubble picks
Shuttle crewmates for Hubble's final fix-up list their favorite images from the famous space telescope.

The Hubble Story
What’s it like to fix the Hubble Space Telescope? Astronaut Story Musgrave explains it all for you.

The all-time top 10 astronomy pictures
Click through 10 of the world's greatest space pictures, as chosen by the team behind NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

All-around view
March 25, 2009: A sped-up video gives you an all-around view of the international space station, as seen from the shuttle Discovery.

Witnesses to a ring of fire
Click through highlights from the annular solar eclipse of Jan. 26, 2009, as seen from Asia.

Touchdown on Mars
See the first pictures from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander – and the celebration back on Earth.

Earth as art
Click through a collection of beautiful Earth imagery captured from orbit by the Landsat 7 satellte.

Celebrating Saturn
Fresh images from the ringed planet mark the 10th anniversary of the Cassini orbiter’s launch.

High-def Antarctica
Get a sampling of snapshots from the international LIMA database of Antarctic satellite imagery.

The first moonshots
See the highlights from NASA’s digital archive of Lunar Orbiter imagery, collected in 1966-1967.

How to build a moon base
Get a glimpse of experiments and concepts that are laying the groundwork for a lunar outpost.

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	Postcards from Jupiter NASA's New Horizons probe sends back snapshots of Jupiter and its moons, taken during a flyby.
NASA via AP	Earth from space An Earth Day selection of highlights from four decades of pictures taken by astronauts.
	Piles of 'Pillars' See the famous "Pillars of Creation" in a new light.
NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute	Saturn Stunners The greatest hits from the Cassini mission.
	Celebrating Saturn More images mark the 10th anniversary of the Cassini orbiter’s launch to Saturn.
	Saturn's striped moon Images of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, as captured by Cassini.
NASA / JPL / Cornell	Two years on Mars Greatest hits from NASA's twin rovers
NASA / JPL / MSSS via Science	A changing Mars Mars Global Surveyor spots fresh deposits in gullies and other signs of a dynamic Red Planet.
	Hubble's Hits See the Hubble Space Telescope's best-known images.
AURA / STSCI / NASA	Mars' greatest hits See two decades' worth of Red Planet images.
	Jewels of Jupiter See images of Jupiter and its moons.
	Visions of flight Get an inside look at the conception and construction of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
NASA via Getty Images	Back to the moon NASA lays out its step-by-step plan to return to the moon by 2020.

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Highlights of space flight
NBC News' Brian Williams reports on the greatest moments and most powerful images of the original space race.

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Eclipse images

AP	Asia’s ring of fire Jan. 26, 2009: Click through highlights from an annular solar eclipse visible from Asia.
AP	Eyes on the eclipse Aug. 1, 2008: Scenes from the solar eclipse that swept from Canada to China.
Reuters	There goes the sun March 29, 2006: Solar eclipse offers spectacular show across world.
	Waiting for totality March 29, 2006: People from around the world gather in Turkey.
AFP - Getty Images	A rare ring Oct. 3, 2005: Annular eclipse dazzles onlooker in Europe and Africa.
Corbis	Greatest eclipse hits See stunning images of past eclipses.

Space history

NASA	10 firsts from NASA Milestones from the space agency's first 50 years.
NASA	Sputnik scenes The machines and people behind the birth of the space age.
	NASA's highs and lows Trace the triumphs and tragedies of U.S. human spaceflight.
AFP - Getty Images	Deep Impact July 2005: NASA probe slams into comet
MSNBC.com	SpaceShipOne June 2004: Crowd watches first private manned spaceflight.
NASA	'We choose to go to the moon’ 1959-1969: Retrace the steps that preceded Apollo 11
NASA	‘One giant leap for mankind’ July 1969: Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing
NASA	'We leave as we came' 1969 and beyond: Our path in space since Apollo 11
Getty Images	Heights of fame Revisit the high points in the career of pioneer astronaut Wally Schirra (1923-2007).

2005: Discovery’s return to flight

AP	The road to flight NASA’s long journey to fly the shuttle again.
Getty Images	We have liftoff! Relive the launch of space shuttle Discovery
NASA TV via AP	History-making spacewalk Discovery astronaut makes unprecedented fix
NASA via Getty Images	Back in space Highlights from Discovery's 14-day mission
Reuters	Safe landing Discovery and its crew welcomed back home

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