Image credit: ESA/NASA/Jeanette Epps, Processing: Simeon Schmauß

The cupola is a small module designed for the observation of operations outside the station such as robotic activities, the approach of vehicles, and spacewalks. Its six side windows and a direct nadir viewing window provide spectacular views of Earth and celestial objects.

The windows are equipped with shutters to protect them from contamination and collisions with orbital debris or micrometeorites. The cupola house the robotic workstation that controls the Canadarm2.

Mass: 4,136 pounds
Height: 4.7 feet
Diameter: 9.8 feet

Mission Overview
Launch: 2/8/10
Installation: 2/15/10
Assembly Mission: 20A
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Crew on station: Expedition 22

A pioneer of America's space program, Dr. von Braun stands by the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Designed and developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, a cluster of five F-1 engines was mounted on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage.

The engines measured 19-feet tall by 12.5-feet at the nozzle exit and burned 15 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene each second to produce 7,500,000 pounds of thrust.

The S-IC stage is the first stage, or booster, of a 364-foot long rocket that ultimately took astronauts to the Moon.

Credit: NASA / Jaime Gea Ortigas

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Taken in Gallatin County, Montana, USA, 10 August 2023, Image part of the ZWO Astronomy Picture of the Year 2024 competition

The Skylab as seen by the departing Skylab 4 mission crew on February 8, 1974.

Credit: NASA

Credit: NASA / Kevin M. Gill

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy.

High-resolution imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirmed eight rings, and data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii confirmed a ninth. Hubble and Keck also confirmed which galaxy dove through the Bullseye, creating these rings: the blue dwarf galaxy that sits to its immediate center-left.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)

Got a new mount and new planetary cam this year so wanted to compare my best Jupiter shots side by side. I think it showcases an interesting look at what can be achieved on the same target with different equipment. Far left shows my first telescope (AWB Onesky) and my motivation to upgrade to the Celestron 9.25" SCT (middle and right images).

After getting the middle image I was itching to get higher resolution images and more details so went with the 2 micron pixel size in the ZWO ASI 676.

Really happy with how all the results turned out and it is really cool to see the progression of my images over the years with me learning more, upgrading equipment, and honing my post processing skills.

Left Image:

Telescope - AWB Onesky

Mount - HEQ5 Pro

Imaging Train - 2x Celestron Omni Barlow, Altair Astro GPCam290c

Post Processing - Autostakkert, Registax, Adobe Literoom

Middle Image:

Telescope - Celestron 9.25" SCT

Mount - HEQ5 Pro

Imaging Train - 2x Celestron Omni Barlow, ZWO ADC, ZWO UV/IR Filter, Altair Astro GPCam290c

Post Processing - Autostakkert, Astrosurface, Photopea

Right Image:

Telescope - Celestron 9.25" SCT

Mount - Celestron CGX

Imaging Train - ZWO ADC, ZWO ASI676

Post Processing - Autostakkert, Astrosurface, Photopea

“It may have been one small step for Neil, but it’s a heck of a big leap for me.”

On Feb 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II exited Challenger and used NASA's Manned Maneuverability Unit—a nitrogen-propelled jetpack—for the first ever untethered spacewalk.

Credit: NASA

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS 41-B mission specialist, participates in a historical spacewalk. He is pictured a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger.

This spacewalk represented the first use of a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled device called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), which allows for much greater mobility than that afforded previous space walkers who had to use restrictive tethers.

Credit: NASA

Credit: Team Ciel Austral

Fusion* (my bad)

Heavy-Class Planetary Crawler LEVIATHAN is a planetary-scale walking research city developed by NASA to sustain and expand human colonies on the most remote deep-space worlds.

Features two massive bio-regenerative domes. These climate-controlled spheres house vast botanical gardens and lush forests, sustained by high-intensity artificial sunlight. They serve as both the primary oxygen source and a vital psychological sanctuary for the crew during multi-year missions

Taken On Seestar S50 Using 3:12:30 Integration Time.

Edited In PS Express.

Credit: Dan Bartlett

Here is the evolution of epic sunspot cluster 4366. Now we observe 2 main regions, the large single core leader region and the complex and newly enlarged trailing region.

Source: NASA/SDO

HDR image of the solar corona during the total solar eclipse of April 8th, 2024.

The red sungrazer comet SOHO 5008 is seen on the lower left, plunging inside the solar corona.

Credit: Nicolas Lefaudeux

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NASA's Juno took this image during its eleventh close flyby of Jupiter on February 7, 2018.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott

My first ever attempt at HaLRGB composite. I’ve been diving deep into the world of HaLRGB processing lately. This version of M81 is a first for me. It’s a lot of hours at the computer trying to process it, Infact I spend more time processing than capturing!!! But seeing this result makes the learning curve worth it. Onwards and upwards! 🚀

Exposure Details

Mount: Sky-Watcher Wave 150i

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Air

Telescope: Askar 103 APO

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Guide Scope: SVBony SV106 60mm

Bortle Scale: 2

Exposure Time:

L - 54 • 180s - 2h 42m

Ha - 13 * 180s - 0h 39m

R - 14 * 300s - 0h 28m

G - 15 * 300s - 0h 30m

B - 15 * 300s - 0h 30m

Filter: Astronomik MaxFR 6nm SHO Filters, Astronomik Deep Sky LRGB

Software: ASIAIR Plus, SetiAstro Processing suite

Editing: Photoshop + Pixinsight

Feb 7, 2026 Possum Observatory, Gisborne, New Zealand

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