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![Learn why famous meteor showers like the Perseids and Leonids occur every year.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PNk8HubzE9Jadyk2LWjSaG-320-80.jpg)
How Meteor Showers Work (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
Learn why famous meteor showers like the Perseids and Leonids occur every year.
![See how the first human spaceflight by famed Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin occurred on April 12, 1961.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u3FooFTMCrtQA5cYCAaSNA-320-80.jpg)
Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1: How the 1st Human Spaceflight Worked (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
See how the first human spaceflight actually occurred when the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
![Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this SPACE.com infographic.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P7cZxwtgHmdAwJ9BG2rDMh-320-80.jpg)
How the 'Supermoon' Looks (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
Learn what makes a big full moon a true 'supermoon' in this SPACE.com infographic.
![The International Space Station, as seen in 2018.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5gNCAWxdTz2Vhjpvzbe3we-320-80.jpg)
The International Space Station: Inside and Out (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
![Timeline traces the ideas that led up to the Apollo moon landings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ketc6aY6a7GtvQtyRMStjL-320-80.jpg)
Destination Moon: The 350-Year History of Lunar Exploration (Infographic)
By Karl Tate last updated
For centuries before Apollo 11 landed on the moon, the idea of going there stirred people's imaginations. See the 350-year history of moon exploration in this Space.com infographic.
![Parker Solar Probe Infographic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rUUX8fpmN9wWbhTBqNeS7a-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission to the Sun Explained (Infographic)
By Jef Castro published
Learn all about NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, which the agency aims to launch in July 2018. The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has before.
![On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States launched its first successful satellite: Explorer 1. See how the historic mission worked in this infographic.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sMUxx2N6gs6yAmmL9TZs5F-320-80.jpg)
Explorer 1: How the First American Satellite Worked (Infographic)
By Space.com Staff published
On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States launched its first successful satellite: Explorer 1. See how the historic mission worked here.
![There are a few icy worlds in the solar system that have the potential to host life.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6u8sCnnwRt3HmqDCGX5fDK-320-80.jpg)
Icy Water Moons That Might Host Life (Infographic)
By Calla Cofield published
Alien life may be lurking right in Earth's cosmic backyard. Some of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter are known to harbor subsurface oceans that could provide habitable environments.
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