The world largest solar power tower recently began operating outside Seville, Spain -- and it marks a historic moment in the saga of renewable energy. This image was acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft.

iss054e004241 (Dec. 23, 2017) --- The Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station gathers in the Unity module for an out-of-this-world screening of the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi.

jsc2024e043925 (3/23/2024) ---The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) SaganSat0 CubeSat is deployed on the J-SSOD-31 mission and launched on NG-21. Image courtesy of Saga Prefectural Space and Science Museum.

The first Norse settlement of Greenland was at Brattahlid (now Qassiarsuk), which yielded a radiocarbon date of about 1000. According to the sagas, it was also in the year 1000 that Leif Erikson left the settlement to explore the regions around Vinland, which is generally assumed to be Newfoundland. Norse settlements at their height had an estimated population of a few thousand. After 450 years, the settlements were all abandoned. Causes include: cumulative environmental damage; gradual climate change; conflicts with hostile neighbors; and loss of contact and support from Europe. The image was acquired June 13, 2016, covers an area of 30.9 by 27.7 km, and is located at 61.1 degrees north, 45.5 degrees west. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20996

Members of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Employee Resource Group at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, raise the Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.

Members of the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Employee Resource Group at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pose for photo in front of the raised Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.

Brad Flick, center director at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, delivers remarks during a Progress Pride Flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the center.

Cynthia Bixby and Lydia Hantsche hold the Progress Pride Flag at a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

jsc2024e043926 (7/10/2024) --- Overall image of the SAKURA Flight Module. SAKURA is a 1U CubeSat, developed in the Growing Advanced and Refined space Development ENgineering succession and under the satellite (GARDENs) program by the Chiba Institute of Technology, and will deploy on the JEM [Japanese Experiment Module]-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer-31 (J-SSOD-31) mission.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California marched in the LA Pride Parade in June 2023.  This was NASA Armstrong’s first time participating in the parade, and many NASA employees attended to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and allyship.  NASA’s team included engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission support folks who enrich the organization by showing up as themselves.  On Earth and at NASA, there is space for everyone.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California marched in the LA Pride Parade in June 2023.  This was NASA Armstrong’s first time participating in the parade, and many NASA employees attended to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and allyship.  NASA’s team included engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission support folks who enrich the organization by showing up as themselves.  On Earth and at NASA, there is space for everyone.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California marched in the LA Pride Parade in June 2023.  This was NASA Armstrong’s first time participating in the parade, and many NASA employees attended to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and allyship.  NASA’s team included engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission support folks who enrich the organization by showing up as themselves.  On Earth and at NASA, there is space for everyone.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California marched in the LA Pride Parade in June 2023.  This was NASA Armstrong’s first time participating in the parade, and many NASA employees attended to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and allyship.  NASA’s team included engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission support folks who enrich the organization by showing up as themselves.  On Earth and at NASA, there is space for everyone.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California marched in the LA Pride Parade in June 2023.  This was NASA Armstrong’s first time participating in the parade, and many NASA employees attended to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and allyship.  NASA’s team included engineers, scientists, technicians, and mission support folks who enrich the organization by showing up as themselves.  On Earth and at NASA, there is space for everyone.