ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

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Launch

JUL 28, 2003

Launch of the Spirit Rover Toward Mars

SEP 5, 2003

SIRTF Streak

SEP 22, 2003

Opportunity Rockets Toward Mars

JUL 3, 2004

Cassini To Venus

AUG 14, 2004

Messenger Launch

NOV 22, 2004

Swift Launches

JAN 26, 2005

First Launch of the Delta IV Heavy

JUL 12, 2005

Launch of the Red Bird

DEC 21, 2006

Minotaur Dawn

AUG 8, 2007

Phoenix Rises Toward Mars

SEP 29, 2007

Dawn Launch Mosaic

MAR 16, 2008

Endeavour to Orbit

NOV 20, 2008

Endeavour in the Moon

MAR 9, 2009

Kepler’s Streak

SEP 2, 2009

Discovery’s Rainbow

NOV 2, 2009

Ares 1-X Rocket Lifts Off

JAN 17, 2010

Atlantis to Orbit

FEB 9, 2010

Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

FEB 13, 2010

Waterway to Orbit

APR 8, 2010

Discovery’s Cloud

APR 9, 2010

Discovery’s Dawn

JUN 8, 2010

Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit

DEC 14, 2010

Launch of a Delta IV Heavy

MAY 18, 2011

The Last Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour

AUG 9, 2011

Juno Rockets Toward Jupiter

MAY 23, 2012

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches to the Space Station

FEB 1, 2013

Atlas V Launches TDRS-K

SEP 11, 2013

LADEE Launch Streak

NOV 21, 2013

The Trail of a Minotaur

JAN 30, 2014

Rocket Streak and Star Trails

JUL 4, 2014

OCO-2 Night Launch

DEC 6, 2014

Orion Launch

JAN 22, 2015

Launch to Lovejoy

JAN 30, 2015

A Night at Poker Flat

MAR 23, 2015

Atlas V Launches MMS

JUL 12, 2015

New Horizons Launch to Pluto

JUL 19, 2015

The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral

SEP 5, 2015

Atlas V Rising

FEB 18, 2016

Hitomi Launches

MAY 14, 2016

Falcon 9 and Milky Way

JUL 12, 2016

Chasing Juno

SEP 10, 2016

The Launch of OSIRIS-REx

OCT 17, 2016

An Atlas V Rocket Launches OSIRIS-REx

JAN 22, 2017

SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit

APR 15, 2018

Space Shuttle Rising

JUN 15, 2018

Little Planet Soyuz

JUL 4, 2018

Dawn’s Early Light, Rocket’s Red Glare

NOV 26, 2018

Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station

APR 20, 2019

Falcon Heavy Launch Close Up

MAY 11, 2019

Milky Way, Launch, and Landing

JUL 16, 2019

Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon

JUL 27, 2019

Chandrayaan 2 Launch

AUG 9, 2019

Atlas at Dawn

NOV 9, 2019

Saturn the Giant

FEB 11, 2020

Launch of the Solar Orbiter

OCT 20, 2021

Lucy Launches to Eight Asteroids

DEC 22, 2021

Launch of the IXPE Observatory

MAR 12, 2024

A Galaxy-Shaped Rocket Exhaust Spiral