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  From unmentionables to clean water
Nov. 12: A new recycling system aboard the International Space Station will turn evaporated moisture, sweat and urine into clean drinking water. WESH's Dan Billow reports.
  Mars lander put to rest
Nov. 11: NASA's Phoenix lander, which arrived on Mars in May, is no longer able to function. NBC's Brian Williams reports. 
  Month in Space: Cyclones and supernovas
Click through the highlights from October’s outer-space imagery, including star-forming galaxies as well as Saturn's giant cyclones.
  India's trip to the moon
Oct. 22: India launches its first unmanned mission to the moon. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
  UK releases UFO files
Oct. 20: Britain's Ministry of Defense has released files detailing reported UFO sightings. Msnbc.com's Becca Field reports.
  The Hubble Story
What’s it like to hang in space and fix the Hubble Space Telescope? Click to see images of Story Musgrave and other astronauts at work, and hear him describe the experience, from scary liftoffs to figuring out which way is up.
  U.S. millionaire arrives at space station
Oct. 14: A U.S. space tourist arrives at the international space station. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
  Storms from space
Click through the highlights from September’s outer-space imagery, including glittering galaxies as well as Earth’s hurricanes viewed from on high.
  See the sky’s highlights
Feast your eyes on eclipses, northern lights and other out-of-this-world sights from August 2008.
  Eyes on the eclipse
The moon's shadow swept across the planet from Canada to China on Friday, delighting throngs of skywatchers who flocked to see a total eclipse of the sun.
  Eclipse totality
Aug. 1: Watch the Exploratorium's coverage of a rare total solar eclipse, as seen from China.
  Month in Space: Worlds of wonder
See awe-inspiring views of Mercury, Mars, Saturn and distant galaxies in July’s roundup of cosmic imagery.
  Month in Space: Liftoffs and landings
See highlights from the shuttle Discovery’s flight, the Phoenix Mars Lander mission and much more in June’s roundup of cosmic pictures.
  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.
2007: The year in space pictures
Experience an audio slide show highlighting the best outer-space images from 2007.
  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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  See the universe
Postcards from Jupiter
NASA's New Horizons probe sends back snapshots of Jupiter and its moons, taken during a flyby.
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  Earth from space
An Earth Day selection of highlights from four decades of pictures taken by astronauts.
Image: Cassini picture
  Celebrating Saturn
Fresh images from the ringed planet mark the 10th anniversary of the Cassini orbiter’s launch.
  Piles of 'Pillars'
See the famous "Pillars of Creation" in a new light.
  Saturn's striped moon
Images of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, as captured by Cassini.
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  Two years on Mars
Greatest hits from NASA's twin rovers
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  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.
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  Mars' greatest hits
See two decades' worth of Red Planet images.
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Jewels of Jupiter
See images of Jupiter and its moons.
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  Saturn Stunners
The greatest hits from the Cassini mission.
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Dazzling Deaths
See the nebulas that are created when stars die.
Slide show
Image: SpaceShipTwo
  Visions of flight
Get an inside look at the conception and construction of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.

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  Return to flight
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Endeavour on the rise
Trace the flight of a space teacher and other high points of the shuttle's mission in August 2007.
In this image from NASA TV, the shuttle Atlantis is seen with the International Space Station in the foreground as the orbiter departs the station
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  Atlantis at work
Follow the highlights of the shuttle Atlantis’ journey, from pre-launch preparations to liftoff and landing.
DISCOVERY
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  The road to flight
NASA’s long journey to fly the shuttle again.
NASA Returns To Flight With Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
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  We have liftoff!
Relive the launch of space shuttle Discovery
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY  NOGUCHI
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  History-making spacewalk
Discovery astronaut makes unprecedented fix
Discovery Astronauts Continue Mission Tasks
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  Back in space
Highlights from Discovery's 14-day mission
Kennedy Space Center worker reacts to safe return of space shuttle Discovery in Cape Canaveral
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  Safe landing
Discovery and its crew welcomed back home
  Eclipse images
Sun reflected on flower as moon blocks it, as seen in Amman
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  There goes the sun
March 29, 2006: Solar eclipse offers spectacular show across world.
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  Waiting for totality
People from around the world gather in Side, Turkey.
A businessman watches the annular eclips
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  A rare ring
Oct. 3, 2005: Annular eclipse dazzles onlookers in Europe and Africa.
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  Greatest eclipse hits
See stunning images of past eclipses.
  Space history
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Sputnik scenes
Historical photos reveal the machines and people behind the birth of the space age, 50 years ago.
NASA's highs and lows
45 years of achievements and tragedies in U.S. human spaceflight.
NASA Unveils Design Recommendations For Next Generation Spacecraft
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  Back to the moon
September 2005: NASA unveils step-by-step plan to return in 2018
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  Deep Impact
July 2005: NASA probe slams into comet
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  SpaceShipOne
June 2004: Crowd watches first private manned spaceflight.
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  'We choose to go to the moon’
1959-1969: Retrace the steps that preceded Apollo 11
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  ‘One giant leap for mankind’
July 1969: Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing
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  'We leave as we came'
1969 and beyond: Our path in space since Apollo 11
Walter Schirra
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  Heights of fame
Revisit the high points in the career of pioneer astronaut Wally Schirra, who died on May 3, 2007.
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