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Space pictures! See our space image of the day
By Space.com Staff last updated
Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.
![NASA astronaut Suni Williams holds a mock torch aboard the International Space Station to celebrate the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x9UYFVcNnq5KfoASkokwmm-320-80.jpg)
NASA astronauts hold their own Summer Olympics in space (video)
By Mike Wall published
NASA astronauts held their own mini-Olympics on the International Space Station to mark the start of the Summer Games here on Earth.
![Illustration of a Polaris Dawn crewmember conducting the first-ever private spacewalk.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RcxpQm9zPPNBHC3hTSeepH-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission delayed until mid-August
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX is now eyeing mid- to late August for the launch of the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission, which will feature the first-ever private spacewalk.
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A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.
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Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm, but this one was facing away from Earth on the far side of the sun.
![A woman smiling in an elegant blue dress stands against a black backdrop with gold EMMY and DAOU logos.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zHcFFSoz5tYqNyk28HGNNa-320-80.jpg)
'Wonderlab' host Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin
By Samantha Mathewson published
The Space Gal is headed into orbit, as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program.
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SpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents
By Elizabeth Howell published
The four astronauts flying aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon are supposed to launch no earlier than Aug. 18 and splash down near Florida. Future crews will go to the west coast due to space junk concerns.
![Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/46SoWfbWAVsNRsh8u53hsR-320-80.jpg)
International Space Station: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell published
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
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