ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

TAG NAME

Spacecraft

JUN 27, 2003

SpaceShipOne

SEP 19, 2003

Galileo’s Europa

SEP 27, 2003

Surveyor Slides

APR 30, 2004

Eyeful of Saturn

JUN 25, 2004

Planet Earth from SpaceShipOne

JUL 22, 2004

Aura Launch

AUG 14, 2004

Messenger Launch

AUG 21, 2004

Solar Sail

OCT 23, 2004

Surveyor Slides

FEB 3, 2005

SMART-1: Pythagoras Crater

FEB 12, 2005

NEAR at Eros: Before Touchdown

APR 30, 2005

The Moons of Earth

MAY 16, 2005

Deep Impact Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Comet

JUL 5, 2005

Thirteen Seconds After Impact

JUL 6, 2005

The Landscape on Comet Tempel 1

OCT 27, 2005

The Last Titan

NOV 10, 2005

Gravitational Tractor

NOV 12, 2005

Surveyor Hops

JAN 7, 2006

Apollo 17’s Moonship

JAN 14, 2006

Lunokhod: Moon Robot

APR 10, 2006

Mars: The View from HiRISE

MAR 1, 2007

Rosetta Over Mars

MAR 3, 2007

Lunar Transit from STEREO

SEP 8, 2007

The Voyagers’ Message in a Bottle

SEP 29, 2007

Dawn Launch Mosaic

OCT 4, 2007

50th Anniversary of Sputnik: Traveling Companion

APR 5, 2008

Jules Verne in Orbit

APR 17, 2010

Damage to Apollo 13

JAN 28, 2011

NanoSail-D

JUL 7, 2012

Gravitational Tractor

SEP 8, 2012

Cosmic Rays at Voyager 1

FEB 21, 2013

Gravitational Tractor

MAR 15, 2013

CME, Comet and Planet Earth

APR 30, 2013

Humanity Explores the Solar System

SEP 14, 2013

A Landing on Planet Earth

SEP 21, 2013

Antares Rocket Launch

OCT 16, 2014

Rosetta’s Selfie

DEC 6, 2014

Orion Launch

JUN 28, 2016

Juno Mission Trailer

JUL 1, 2016

Juno Approaching Jupiter

JUL 1, 2016

Juno Approaching Jupiter

SEP 2, 2017

Milky Way Voyager

SEP 16, 2017

Cassini’s Final Image

DEC 29, 2018

New Horizons at Ultima Thule

JAN 3, 2019

Ultima and Thule

JAN 4, 2019

Ultima Thule Rotation Gif

SEP 9, 2022

Interstellar Voyager

NOV 17, 2022

Planet Earth from Orion

MAR 9, 2023

DART vs Dimorphos

MAR 7, 2024

The Crew-8 Nebula