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International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy.
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Oh the places you’ll go: Capt. Joe Spracklen, an Air Defense Artillery Captains Career Course student, takes photos of galaxies with a special camera and a telescope.
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Female U-2 Pilot Blazes Trail Through Society, Space

Saturday Space Sight: Air Force Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal receives a maintenance check on her full pressure suit in prep for her U-2 flight at Beale AFB.
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Saturday Space Sight: This image of comet Lovejoy combines a series of observations made when comet Lovejoy was 1.7 astronomical units from the Sun.
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Saturday Space Sight: The Cupola houses one of the International Space Station’s two robotic work stations!
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Saturday Space Sight: Although the original image was dubbed the Pillars of Creation, the new image hints that they are also pillars of destruction.
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Saturday Space Sight: Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry W. Virts took this photograph of the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Gulf Coast at sunset.
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Saturday Space Sight: The supernova remnant MSH 11-62 reveals an irregular shell of hot gas, surrounding an extended nebula of high energy X-rays.
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