IMPRESSIVE NASA IMAGES

THE LIFT-OFF OF APOLLO 11 ON ITS WAY

TO THE MOON (1969)

THE PILLARS OF CREATION, AN AREA WITH LOTS

OF STAR BIRTH LOCATED IN THE EAGLE NEBULA.

THIS COLOUR ENHANCED PHOTO HAS BECOME ONE

OF THE HUBBLE TELESCOPES MOST FAMOUS (1995)

EARTHRISE TAKEN BY APOLLO 8 (1968)

PRESIDENT KENNEDY CALLS FOR A MOON LANDING

BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE (1961)

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE LARGEST

OBJECT EVER FLOWN IN SPACE (2008)

REPAIRING THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE (1993)

VOYAGER 1 PHOTOGRAPHS A VOLCANIC ERUPTION

ON JUPITER'S MOON, IO. IT WAS THE FIRST VOLCANIC

ERUPTION SEEN BEYOND THE EARTH (1979)

BUZZ ALDRIN ON THE MOON WITH NEIL ARMSTRONG

REFLECTED IN HIS VISOR. THIS IMAGE HAS BECOME

ONE OF NASA'S MOST ICONIC. IN FACT, MANY

ASTRONAUT DEPICTIONS SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN

SHOWN WITH THE BENT ARM (1969)