NASA Kids' Club Picture Show

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Last Test in Langley Wind Tunnel
An X-48C aircraft model sits in the Langley Full Scale Wind Tunnel. The tunnel is being torn down after 78 years of use. Credit: NASA
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Studying Ice in Antarctica
Engineer Nick Frearson is working with NASA to study the ice in Antarctica. Studying the ice there is important because it affects sea levels and climate all around Earth. Credit: NASA
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Robotic Lunar Lander
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is testing a new robotic lunar lander. It will help scientists learn how to build other landers for robotic space exploration.
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Expedition 20 Lands
The Soyuz spacecraft lands with Expedition 20 cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and astronaut Michael Barratt on board. The men had lived on the International Space Station for six months. Credit: NASA
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Butterfly Appears From Dying Star
This image shows an example of a planetary nebula. This one looks like a delicate butterfly. But the wings are really huge amounts of very hot gases blown off the dying star. Credit: NASA
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Neil Armstrong and the X-15
Almost 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong made his first flight in the X-15 aircraft. He flew this rocket-powered aircraft faster than five times the speed of sound.
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California Wildfires
High temperatures and dry weather fueled wildfires in southern California in late summer 2009. This image from a NASA satellite shows the smoke from fires burning near Los Angeles, Calif. Credit: NASA
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Bubble View
NASA tested the Lunar Electric Rover in the Arizona desert. The rover has a bubble-shaped window. This window gives explorers a better view of rocks near the rover. Credit: NASA
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Mission Patches
Each crew that visits the space station posts its mission patch in the Unity node. Astronaut Patrick Forrester poses with the collection of patches in August 2009.
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100,000 Stars
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this picture of 100,000 stars in Omega Centauri. Most of these are yellow-white like Earth's sun. The blue stars are the oldest. The red are next oldest. Credit: NASA
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Aircraft Icing
Scientists at NASA study how ice builds up on aircraft wings and engines. This ice can change the way a plane flies and even cause it to crash. Credit: NASA
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Summertime in Antarctica
During the summer, sunlight always shines on Antarctica. In the winter, it is always dark. NASA's Aqua satellite took this picture in the summer. Credit: NASA
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Max Launch Abort System
In July 2009, NASA tested the Max Launch Abort System for possible use in the future. In an emergency, MLAS would move the capsule safely away from the nose of the rocket. Credit: NASA
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Buzz Lightyear Returns
Disney's Buzz Lightyear stands on the tarmac in front of space shuttle Discovery. Credit: NASA
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A Dying Star
NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes teamed up to take a picture of a dead star about the size of Earth in the constellation Aquarius. This dying star sends off hot gases that create an object called a "planetary nebula." Credit: NASA
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Ikhana
Ikhana is the name of this strange-looking, remote-controlled aircraft NASA is using to study the environment. The name means "intelligent." Credit: NASA
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Earth Observing System
NASA has more than a dozen Earth science satellites in orbit. They help NASA study the oceans, land and atmosphere. Credit: NASA
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The ATHLETE Rover
The All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer is a robotic vehicle. ATHLETE can walk over bumpy and steep land. It could be used on the moon someday. Credit: NASA
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Crossing the Sun
Space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope look like tiny sunspots as they move between Earth and the sun. This is called a solar transit. A special camera attached to a telescope took this picture. Credit: NASA
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A Busted Comet
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope took this picture of comet Holmes in March 2008. Twice in the last 100 years, the comet has exploded as it has gotten near the asteroid belt.
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SMART Rotor
This new design for helicopter blades was tested in a NASA wind tunnel. The new design will make helicopters have a quieter and smoother ride. Credit: NASA
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Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of the largest airport in Texas. Credit: NASA
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LCROSS
NASA's LCROSS mission will send an impactor to crash into the moon. The crash will make a debris cloud in a crater. This will help scientists look for ice on the moon. Credit: NASA
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Snapshot
Astronauts living on the International Space Station take lots of pictures of Earth. Here, Greg Chamitoff snaps a photo out of the window in the Zvezda Service Module. Credit: NASA
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The Red Planet
The Hubble Space Telescope took this picture of Mars. The surface of Mars has craters, valleys, volcanoes and ice caps. Credit: NASA
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Fuel on the Go
During flight, a NASA F-15B aircraft gets a fuel fill-up from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker. Credit: NASA
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Colorado Ski Slopes
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of the Tenmile Range ski area near Breckenridge, Colo. The snow-covered ski runs stand out from the darker forest areas around them. Credit: NASA
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Ares V Launch
The Ares V rocket will be the "heavy lifter" of the new space fleet. This rocket will carry everything from materials needed for landing on the moon to food and fresh water for astronauts living in space. Credit: NASA
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Time to Eat
Tortillas are a big part of astronauts' menus in space. Sandra Magnus experimented with different tortilla toppings. Her favorite is heated cheese spread and salsa to make a space cheese quesadilla. Credit: NASA
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The Galaxy Next Door
The Andromeda galaxy is our Milky Way galaxy's closest neighbor. It is 2.5 million light years away. This picture shows the galaxy in ultraviolet light that we can not see with our eyes. Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech
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Designing New Airplanes
Airplane designers use NASA wind tunnels to test new aircraft designs. Credit: NASA
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Viedma Glacier
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of the Viedma Glacier in Argentina. The ice in this glacier moves slowly toward the lake on the right. Sometimes large chunks of ice fall into the lake. Credit: NASA
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Rocket Test
On Nov. 20, 2008, the rocket motor for the Orion launch abort system was test-fired. This rocket can pull the crew capsule away from the Ares I rocket if there is an emergency during launch.
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Space Shuttle Chores
Even astronauts have to do chores! Mission Specialist Eric Boe uses a vacuum cleaner to remove dust from an air filter on the space shuttle Endeavour. Credit: NASA
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Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It is a large gas planet that could hold about 60 Earths. Winds whip through the clouds on Neptune at more than 1,200 miles per hour (2,000 kilometers per hour). Credit: NASA
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S-3B Viking
This S-3B Viking airplane was used by the U.S. Navy to hunt for submarines. Now, NASA is using the airplane to study how ice builds up on airplane engines. Credit: NASA
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Palm Island
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of Palm Island. It is a man-made island resort being built in the Persian Gulf, just off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. When complete, it will have houses, hotels and shopping centers. Credit: NASA
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Lunar Bulldozer
This large bulldozer truck could be used on the moon to smooth out an area to build a lunar outpost. Credit: NASA
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Fun and Games
Expedition 17 astronaut Greg Chamitoff plays a game of chess in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is about the size of a school bus. It orbits about 360 miles above Earth. It makes one trip around Earth every 97 minutes. Credit: NASA
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A Touch for Luck
Apollo 10 Commander Thomas Stafford pats Snoopy's nose for good luck as the crew gets ready to launch. The Apollo 10 mission launched on May 18, 1969. Credit: NASA
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Snoopy Flies to the Moon
Apollo 10 Command Module Pilot John Young shows a poster of Snoopy the crew took on its trip to the moon in May 1969. Color TV cameras were being used for the first time on this mission. Credit: NASA
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Snoopy Helps STS-99 Launch
Snoopy has had a long history with NASA's astronauts and the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. He visited the Shuttle Flight Control Room during the STS-99 space shuttle mission. Credit: NASA
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Silver Snoopy Award
The Silver Snoopy Award is a pin shaped like Snoopy dressed in a spacesuit helmet. The pin is a special NASA honor. An astronaut gives the pin to a NASA worker who has done an excellent job. Credit: NASA
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Snoopy Safety Poster
Snoopy became the symbol for NASA safety during the Apollo missions. He is still used as a safety mascot today. Credit: NASA
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Testing the 1903 Wright Flyer
Scientists tested a full-size model of the 1903 Wright Flyer in a wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. The tests helped them learn more about how the flyer worked. Credit: NASA
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Weather Balloon
Large weather balloons like this one are used to study Earth's ozone layer. Credit: NASA
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Lunar Truck
This design for a lunar rover was built at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. A rover like this one might be used on the moon one day. The rover has six wheels. Each wheel can turn. This means the rover can drive forward, backward and even sideways! Credit: NASA
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Thunderbirds and Endeavour
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the pad, space shuttle Endeavour waits to launch on the STS-123 mission. Credit: USAF/TSgt. Justin D. Pyle
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Sunset on Mars
The Mars rover Spirit took this picture of a sunset on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL
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Global Hawk
The remotely operated Global Hawk aircraft is able to fly for long periods of time and cover long distances. This lets scientists look at places that are hard for people to study. Credit: NASA
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Farming in Libya
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of fields in the desert in northern Africa. Each circle is about one kilometer across. The fields are round because of the circular watering systems the farmers use. Credit: NASA
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Altair
The new lunar lander, Altair, will be able to land four astronauts on the moon. The lander also will be their outpost on the moon. Altair will return the crew to the Orion spacecraft that will bring them home to Earth. Credit: NASA
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Tadpole Galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope took this picture of the Tadpole Galaxy and its tail of large, bright blue star clusters. Credit: NASA
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Making Repairs
During the STS-120 space shuttle mission, astronaut Scott Parazynski repaired a damaged solar array during a space walk that lasted 7 hours and 19 minutes. Credit: NASA
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Bubble Bath Blizzard
NASA has made a way to protect airplanes in hangars. Buckets hanging from the ceiling can dump a white foamy mixture that puts out fires. Credit: NASA
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A Bird's Nest at Kennedy Space Center
A male osprey returns to its nest with a piece of fish in its talons for its mate. The birds made their nest on a speaker at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA
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Ares I Wind Tunnel Testing
An engineer tests a model of the Ares I launch vehicle in one of NASA's wind tunnels. Testing in wind tunnels helps scientists understand how the new rocket will fly.
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Lift Off!
The space shuttle Atlantis launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA
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Active Sun
The large arching feature moving out from the sun is called a prominence. Credit: NASA
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First Flight of the X-48B
On July 20, 2007, the X-48B completed its first flight. Credit: NASA
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Hurricane Dean
The crew of space shuttle mission STS-118 took this image of the eye of Hurricane Dean. Credit: NASA
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At Work on Mars
One day, astronauts will travel to Mars and collect rock samples to learn more about the planet’s history. Credit: NASA
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Space Station Spacewalk
Astronaut Jeff Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk. Credit: NASA
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Happy Face Crater
This crater on Mars, which many people think looks like a happy face, is about 215 kilometers (134 miles) across. Credit: NASA
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Weightless Wonder
NASA's Weightless Wonder follows an up-and-down path, as if it is riding an invisible roller coaster. As the plane crosses over its highest point and flies down, the riders feel weightless for about 40 seconds. Credit: NASA
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Bloom Off of South Africa
Millions of tiny plants called phytoplankton grow near the surface of the ocean. From space, the plants look like an aqua blue swirl. Credit: NASA
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Ares I Launch
The Orion crew vehicle will sit atop the Ares I rocket and will carry astronauts into orbit. Credit: NASA
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Special Delivery
A Progress spacecraft from Russia brings food, water, fuel, oxygen, spare parts and other supplies to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Boulders on Mars
The Mars rover Spirit took this picture of rocks on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL
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Super Guppy in Flight
NASA's Super Guppy airplane takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California to return to the Johnson Space Center in Texas. Credit: NASA
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The Blue Marble
From space, Earth looks like a big blue, white and green marble. Credit: NASA
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Parachutes Deployed
Parachutes will help astronauts on future missions land safely on Earth. Credit: NASA
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Dressing for Space
Astronaut Bill McArthur (left) and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev (right) pose with both a U.S. space suit (left) and a Russian space suit (right). Credit: NASA
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Venus Transit
The black circle in this picture is the planet Venus as it moves in front of the sun. Credit: NASA
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Piggyback Shuttle
The Space Shuttle Endeavour rides piggyback on the top of a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Credit: NASA
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Alaska Volcano Eruption
Cleveland volcano in Alaska sends ash into the air. Credit: NASA
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Drilling on the Moon
On future moon missions, astronauts may drill into the moon's surface. They will collect rock samples to bring back to Earth. Credit: NASA
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Good Enough to Eat
Commander Steven Lindsey holds a tortilla as he gets ready to eat a meal on the space shuttle. Credit: NASA
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a huge storm, like the hurricanes that are found on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL
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World's Fastest Airplane
The NASA SR-71, also called the Blackbird, is the world's fastest and highest-flying airplane flown by a pilot. Credit: NASA
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Mississippi River From Space
An astronaut on the space station took this picture of the Mississippi River winding through Greenville, Arkansas. Credit: NASA
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Plants in Space
These plants were grown by astronauts on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Shuttle Docking
The Space Shuttle Discovery moves toward the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Comet and Nebula
A fast-moving comet passes in front of the Ring Nebula. Credit: NASA
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NASA F-15 ACTIVE
NASA's F-15 ACTIVE jet can fly up to two times the speed of sound. Credit: NASA
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Typhoon Chanchu
A satellite image shows a tropical storm that formed in the western Pacific Ocean on May 8, 2006. Credit: NASA
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Exercise in Space
Astronauts exercise while in space to slow bone and muscle loss. This will be very important on trips to Mars. Credit: NASA
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Water Bubble
Astronaut Leroy Chiao watches a ball of water float on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
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Cat's Eye Nebula
A dying star sends out dust in circles to form a nebula that looks like a cat's eye. Credit: NASA
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Blended Wing Body Aircraft
This model of a blended wing body aircraft is being prepared for a wind tunnel test. Credit: NASA
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Nukuoro Atoll
About 900 people live on Nukuoro Atoll, a ring-shaped island located just north of the equator in the western Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA
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NASA Is Returning to the Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on June 18, 2009. It will orbit the moon for at least one year to collect data to support returning people to the moon. Credit: NASA
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Space Shuttle Discovery
The Space Shuttle Discovery poses for inspection photos before docking with the space station. Credit: NASA
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Saturn
A total of 126 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft were combined to create this close-up image of Saturn and its rings. Credit: NASA/JPL
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