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⁣Each January, we pause to honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. In 2021, the Day of Remembrance was observed on Jan. 28, the 35th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. #NASARemembers: ⁣ Apollo 1⁣ Roger Chaffee⁣ Gus Grissom⁣ Ed White⁣⁣ ⁣ STS-51L Challenger⁣ Christa McAuliffe⁣ Ron McNair⁣ Ellison Onizuka⁣ Judy Resnik⁣ Dick Scobee⁣ Michael Smith Gregory Jarvis ⁣ STS-107 Columbia⁣ Michael Anderson⁣ David Brown⁣ Kalpana Chawla⁣ Laurel Blair Salton Clark⁣ Rick Husband⁣ Willie McCool⁣ Ilan Ramon⁣ ⁣⁣ Image Credit: NASA #NASA #Remembering #Heroes #Astronauts #AdAstra

Space Shuttle on its way, view from above

Static Time-lapse of the Milky Way, Demonstrates Earth's rotation through space

35 years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger and all seven crew members aboard were lost. On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the Challenger crew and all who gave their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery: https://t.co/9qEnFCzLSv #NASARemembers https://t.co/652yHJ1qmq

The shuttle catching a ride.

Aurora Borealis over Kingdom of Sweden in January 2021. Photographer: Chad Blakley [1200 x 800] [OS]

Engine Test for NASA Artemis Moon Rocket

Michael Sheetz on Twitter- "The DOJ is investigating SpaceX over whether it engages in "any pattern or practice of discrimination" in its hiring after a complaint last year."

Sh2-216: 60 hours on the largest Planetary Nebula

A Dust Jet from the Surface of Comet 67P

STS-51L Flight Director Jay Greene and Assistant Flight Director Lee Briscoe react following the breakup of Challenger on January 28, 1986. 17 years later Greene and Briscoe both watched from the Director's suite at Mission Control as another team of flight controllers lost contact with Columbia.

Astronomers find a system of six stars made of three eclipsing binaries. Stars orbit their partners and pairs circle each other. NASA's TESS space telescope spotted this strange system.

The very last image transmitted by Opportunity Mars Rover before it died, on Sol 5111 (Credit: NASA)

Phases of Venus from June-October

The Flaming Star and Tadpoles Nebulae - Stock DSLR