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The western half of Australia, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft, 850 miles above the Earth.

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Behold an acrobatic spacewalker with a handheld maneuvering thruster in a 1958 space card from Topps.

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by Gaute Hatlem

From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronaut Shane Kimbrough (@astro_kimbrough) captured this image over the Earth, writing “Looking west over the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.  #EarthArt from the amazing space station.”

The space station serves as the world’s laboratory for conducting cutting-edge microgravity research, and is the primary platform for technology development and testing in space to enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars.

Full Moon Service: by Erik Johansson

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Gas and water jet on Enceladus

Asturias by Daniel Pastor