space oddity

A <n>QF-106A Delta Dart</n> by <n>Convair</n> during the <n>NASA Eclipse program</n>, 1998. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.

False-color image of <n>Saturn's Rings</n> by <n>Voyager 2</n> in 1981. Credit: <n>NASA</n>/<n>Jet Propulsion Laboratory</n>.

<n>NASA</n>'s <n>Space Shuttle Columbia</n> on the launchpad before its first mission in 1981.

Astronaut <n>Sally Ride</n> prepares for the <n>STS-41G</n> mission in 1985. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.

The planet <n>Saturn</n> and its moon <n>Titan</n>, photographed by the <n>Cassini spacecraft</n> on May 6, 2012.

The launch plume from <n>Space Shuttle Atlantis</n> during the <n>STS-98 Launch</n> in 2001. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.

A solar eclipse photographed by <n>Jeremy Leath</n> in Davidson County, North Carolina.

A photograph of the planet <n>Saturn</n> captured by <n>NASA</n>'s <n>Cassini Spacecraft</n>.

<n>Venus Transit</n> (2004) by <n>Wolfgang Tillmans</n>.

A <n>NATO</n> <n>Boeing E-3B Sentry</n> aircraft flies past the moon.

False-color image of the <n>Rings of Saturn</n> captured by the <n>Voyager 2</n> spacecraft in 1981.

A 2005 photograph by artist <n>Michael Benson</n> shows <n>Saturn</n>'s northern hemisphere and moon <n>Mimas</n>.

An <n>A380</n> passenger plane crosses in front of the full moon.

<n>Space Shuttle Challenger</n> rolls out to <n>Launch Pad 39A</n> through the fog on November 30, 1982.

The <n>SpaceX</n> <n>Falcon Heavy</n> rocket transits the moon on December 28, 2023. Photo by <n>John Pisani</n>.

A composite image of <n>The Moon</n> and <n>Saturn</n> by photographer <n>rami_astro</n>.

The night side of <n>Venus</n> in infrared, by the <n>Akatsuki spacecraft</n>. Credit <n>JAXA</n> and <n>Damia Bouic</n>.

A view of <n>Earth</n> and <n>Saturn</n>'s rings from the 2013 event <n>The Day the Earth Smiled</n>.

<n>If You're Reading This We Left</n> by <n>Bombastic Planet</n>.

The <n>Great American Eclipse</n> of 2017, photographed by <n>Jasman Mander</n>.

The <n>Space Shuttle Challenger</n> launches on the <n>STS-51F</n> mission, July 29, 1985. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.

The <n>SpaceX</n> <n>Starship</n> rocket during its second integrated flight test on November 18, 2023.

The <n>Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle</n> with <n>Neil Armstrong</n> and <n>Buzz Aldrin</n> aboard, photographed by <n>Michael Collins</n> on July 21, 1969.

<n>F-15 Eagle</n> fighter jet photographed by <n>Dan Winters</n>.

The <n>Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird</n> reconnaissance aircraft in flight.

An aircraft passes the <n>Supermoon</n> over Washington, 2017. Photo by <n>Bill Ingalls</n> for <n>NASA</n>.

An infrared image of the planet <n>Saturn</n> taken by <n>NASA</n>'s <n>Hubble Space Telescope</n>.

The planet <n>Venus</n> on September 5, 2016, from data by the <n>Akatsuki</n> spacecraft. Processed by <n>Kevin M. Gill</n>.

<n>Mars</n> photographed by the <n>Hubble Space Telescope</n> on May 12, 2016, showing <n>Syrtis Major Planitia</n>.

A 1974 photograph of <n>Venus</n> from the <n>Mariner 10</n> spacecraft. Credit: <n>NASA</n>/<n>JPL-Caltech</n>.

The <n>Saturn V rocket</n> launches for the <n>Apollo 11</n> mission, July 16, 1969. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.