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In this picture, a Boeing 747 converted into one of the 2 SCA that NASA has at its disposition. Over the next 20 years, it made 66 flights with a shuttle on its fuselage, including 17 missions in which it ferried shuttles from NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center after landings at Edwards Air Force Base to the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s east coastline. Upon its retirement on Feb. 8, 2012, it had amassed 33,004 flight hours over its 38-year flight career. Good night ✈️🚀 #nasa #space #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttleprogram #boeing747 #SCA #shuttlecarrieraircraft by astro_luke_v

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Немного марсианских дюн снятых Кьюриосити 13 декабря 2015 года. #astronomy #astronomer #astrophysics #space #cosmos #science #physics #universe #stars #planet #astronaut #constellation #interstellar #spacetravel #outerspace #instaspace #instalike #instafollow #astrobiology #Nasa #Hubble #telescope #galaxy #stargazing #starstuff by spacegid

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Trapezium in Orion

The Trapezium cluster of young, recently formed stars is the brightest region of the Orion nebula. The center of the Trapezium shows four massive stars and a number of evaporating proto-planetary disks. Most of the ionizing radiation for this part of the nebula comes from the hottest of these four stars.

Image: NASA Hubble

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Another semester completed. Tell me, in the last four months what have you done towards achieving your goal? There better be a response to that. Be weary of those who sit in wait hoping for things to fall neatly into their laps. Appreciate where you’ve come from, but keep charging ahead towards that goal in front of you. #NASA #IvyLeague #NavySEALs #Science by marioromero186