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A close-up of several dark tiles with embossed alphanumeric codes and a single metallic handle, suggesting a system of organization or identification, possibly for inventory or categorization purposes.

Space Shuttle Discovery

A group of individuals stand on a runway with several planes parked behind them.

2013 Become A Pilot Day Social

A group of pilots and museum staff pose as a group on a runway with planes behind them.

2013 Become A Pilot Day - Pilot Group Photo

Disk view of Saturn, an orange and yellow planet with outer rings.

Saturn - June 1, 2013

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To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace

May 31, 2013
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The Impact of Sally Ride's Contributions in Space and Education

May 17, 2013
Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. Dark spots known as sunspots are surrounded by lighter-colored clouds known as phages across the disk. Prominences, or red gases floating off the sun, are visible on the edges of the disk, mostly in the right half of the disk.

The Sun - May 17, 2013

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Star Trek's Continuing Relevance

May 16, 2013
Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere revealing dark spots called sunspots and surrounding phages of lighter-colored clouds across the visible disk. Prominences of gases floating above the surface on the edges of the disk are also visible across the visible image.

The Sun - May 15, 2013

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Astronaut Kevin Ford Shares his ISS Experience

May 14, 2013
Three disk views of the Sun, side by side. The first disk reveals sunspots (dark spots) and phages (lighter-colored spots). The second disc shows the surface of the Sun with a couple of sunspots visible as dark spots. The third disc reveals the Sun's atmosphere, with sunspots as dark spots surrounded by lighter-colored phages, and a prominence of gas floating away from the atmosphere on the upper right side of the disk.

The Sun - May 12, 2013

Chris Cassidy, a male astronaut, performs a spacewalk to repair part of the International Space Station. From this perspective, he is upside down.

Repairing the Station in Orbit

Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere. This image features sunspot clusters (dark spots) surrounded by phages (lighter colored clouds). Filaments (gases floating above the surface) are visible as dark lines throughout the visible disk, as well as prominences (gases floating from the surface) off the edges of the disk on the right side.

The Sun - May 9, 2013

Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere with sunspot clusters (dark spots) surrounded by phages of lighter-colored clouds. A dark line known as a filament is also visible on the top left quadrant of the disk.

The Sun - May 3, 2013

Disk view of the Sun's atmosphere featuring some sunspots (dark spots on the sun) surrounded by lighter-colored phages and a solar flare. A prominence and filament are visible as floating red gases on the upper left edge and a dark line on the upper center of the Sun, respectively.

The Sun - May 2, 2013

Three disc views of the Sun. The left image reveals the Sun's atmosphere, highlighting bright-coloured clouds called phages. The middle disk reveals the Sun's surface, highlighting sunspots found mostly on the left side of the disk. The right side highlights prominences of gas floating from the surface on the edges of the disk, as well as multiple phages.

The Sun - May 1, 2013