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On August 22, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a true-color image of a sunny summer day in Iceland.

Three view art of the North American X-15.

Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

As the sun sets on July 8, 2010, workers prepare to pour new epoxy grout for the hydrostatic bearing assembly of the giant Mars.

The mobile launcher platform with space shuttle Endeavour on top comes to rest on Launch Pad 39A.

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Camera view from under the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

Utah Capitol, Salt Lake City. Washington Monument in spring. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Seattle at night. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the United States Capitol. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A 19-story-high cross near Groom in the Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour is captured atop a trail of smoke as it carries six astronauts toward the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission of the year.

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

A Delta IV Heavy rocket roars to life at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Wind turbines on a ridge in Uinta County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a helicopter collects water from the Turn Basin to douse a nearby brush fire, 27 April 2011.

Earth’s thin line of atmosphere and a starry sky just off the port wing of the docked space shuttle Endeavour are featured in this image, 28 May 2011.

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A view inside the 55-foot high containment vessel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Plum Brook Reactor Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

With the sun setting in the background at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the mobile launcher is nearing completion of its 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B.

Natchez Trace parkway in Florence, Alabama. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy common booster core is about to be offloaded from the company's Mariner ship at Port Canaveral in Florida.

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The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Space Shuttle Columbia climbs into orbit from Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 19, 1996.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

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At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, a tug boat accompanies the USS San Diego as it departs for open seas in the Pacific Ocean.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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Atlantis on Approach to ISS during the STS-132 Mission, 16 May 2010.

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Nighttime, ground level view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 13.

Utah's Red Canyon. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Aerial views of a marina in Los Angeles. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Colorful and cleverly designed hot-air balloons at the annual Telluride Balloon Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City will be the new home of the space shuttle Enterprise.

Space shuttle Discovery is towed into position at the mate-demate device, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The full Moon sets in the fog behind the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket.

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The remnant pilings of a long-gone dock appear to float in air due to their reflection in the blue, still water of a pond near NASA Kennedy Space Center.

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This is the radome beneath which is the NASA Debris Radar. It is located at a remote site on North Merritt Island in Florida.

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C-band, 3 megawatt radar with a 50-foot dish antenna recently installed on north Kennedy Space Center. It is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Workers, suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, using rollers and brushes to repaint the flag on the Vehicle Assembly Building.

A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft at the tarmac at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The “sheriff” of Old Tombstone, now an Old West tourist attraction in southeastern Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan (2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Row houses, Florida Ave. and Porter St., NE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

General Motors Technical Center Building, Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Horses at a ranch in South Dakota. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Arabidopsis seeds are being planted in Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS) units inside a laboratory at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center.

Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

Exterior window, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Texas state flags line a path through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Moose graze in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Skylab 4/Saturn 1B space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Nov. 16, 1973.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

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Fireworks celebrate the arrival of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex following a 10-mile journey.

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A close-up view of the Orion crew module from Exploration Flight Test 1 on display at nearby NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

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he SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes its way to the pad at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) arrived at NASA FRC January 9, 1963 departed September 10th,1973 to Redding, California.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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The Santa Monica Pier. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Hercules ship at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Confederate Statue in Jasper, Alabama. Confederate flag made out of flowers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Late fall day in New England. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A drifting smoke plumes from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis appear to swirl above the Vehicle Assembly Building near sunset.

The flag of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Columbus, Ohio, skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Exterior detail, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Using a black light, a technician closely inspects one of NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes inside the clean room high bay at Astrotech payload processing facility.

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Dec. 15, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

An Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL Rocket with eight NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS.

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The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft after three weeks at the space station. Oct 22nd, 2013.

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Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning its final flight, the STS-133 mission, to the International Space Station, Feb 24.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

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Thistle blooms provide a midday meal for a gulf fritillary butterfly at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.

The Mercury-Atlas 7 carrying astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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NASA Fire Rescue Services are on the scene to support a controlled burn in the vicinity of the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market renovation in the 80s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Ponderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Harbor scene in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

New Carrollton Federal Office building in Baltimore, home to 4,400 federal employees. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien slid down the ways at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine.

The set sets behind large, metal silos on a farm in Jackson County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Beautiful skies prevailed on the evening of the Venus Transit when NASA Glenn brought telescopes to Edgewater Park on Lake Erie for a view of the event. 5 June 2012.

The launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission was captured from a field of Florida Power & Light solar panels off of S.R. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft after a month visiting the orbital outpost.

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Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B.

Space shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the dawn sky as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Space shuttle Discover standing on the fiery columns erupting from the solid rocket boosters as it lifts off Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116.

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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter No. 2 arrives at Launch Pad 39A. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Grand Canyon Panorama. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission, 16 May 2011.

Lafayette, Lousiana Swamp. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module and heads toward a landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Nov 10th, 2013.

The Apollo 17 Command Module (CM), with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.

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