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Floating freely on the flight deck, Sally Ride communicates with ground controllers in Houston during her STS-7 mission in June 1983.

Happy Pride Month! Remembering Sally Ride's historic legacy | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Nearly three decades later, we learned that she had also been an LGBTQ trailblazer.

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Human Spaceflight
two people in bike helmets scream while pedaling a tandem-seat, four-wheeled vehicle on a dirt path

Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Hundreds of students came together to design, build, and test rovers on an Earth obstacle course to prepare for the moon as part of a NASA challenge.

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Human Spaceflight
The sun peeks between tall buildings as a crowd forms underneath.

Manhattanhenge is back! | Space photo of the day for June 1, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

The city spectacle is back for 2026 — and don't worry you'll have another chance to see it in July.

Stargazing
a map of europe colored in reds and yellows

Record-breaking Europe heat wave from space | Space photo of the day for May 29, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Even the satellites are seeing red.

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Earth
A view from the ISS that shows the ISS solar panels, auroras over Earth, and outer space with a vast array of stars.

Astronaut captures aurora magic from the ISS | Space photo of the day for May 28, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

This is one spectacular photograph.

Human Spaceflight
four bright yellow beams of light project from bottom left to top right on a starry background

Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.

Astronomy
The small Orion capsule faces away on the left and two nearly-identical rocket boosters are on the right.

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

The two boosters hang out mid-air after separation.

Human Spaceflight
the top portion of the image is black followed by a bright red and orange band of color which blends into an ombre of blue into black at the bottom of the image.

Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 25, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Earth
a large stone is cracked in such a way as to appear like three stones stacked on one another

Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the Martian surface.

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Mars
An aerial image of snowy mountains and blueish-greenish water.

An astronaut's view of Argentina's snow-capped mountains | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Earth is so beautiful from afar.

Earth
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