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She is indeed! Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt.

Crazy how the original moon missions were named after Apollo. Isn't his twin sister, like, the goddess of the moon or sm?

Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft (read article here)

Apollo 17 Landing On Dec. 11, 1972

Young Stars, Dark Nebulae Image Credit & Copyright: Long Xin

M64: BLACK-EYE GALAXY

30 years ago today, Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle, piloting Discovery on its STS-63 mission. She later also became the first woman to command the space shuttle. She reflects on her career in #ASQ: s.si.edu/3SJEOQq

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Eileen M. Collins, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, was the first woman to be the pilot on a NASA space shuttle flight. She recently spoke

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Cosmic Keyhole" (NGC 1999) Scientists first believed that the conspicuous hole in the center of this nebula was a Bok globule - a dense, cold cloud of gas and dust that blocks out background light. But later observations suggest that the dark patch is actually an empty void in space

Science Services’ Science Program series booklet Moon. Nelson Doubleday - 1967.

Globular Cluster

NGC 1850 is a fascinating globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

It is situated approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado.

NGC 1850 is notable for its rich population of stars and its complex structure, which includes multiple stellar populations.

Credits: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)