More than a dozen wildfires are burning in the state of California, with several of them threatening life and property Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-08-01. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has cleared the final procedures in the clean room before its move to the launch pad. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-31. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines.

The International Space Station soars into a sunrise every 90 minutes, each and every day. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-30. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines. @gruffaloLike? UpvoteWant

July 26 is National Intern Day. See how far these two former interns at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come! Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-26. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines.

NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight Test-1 on Dec. 5, 2014, is seen after being uncovered in preparation for being moved onto the White House complex, Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Washington,

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-24. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines. @gruffaloLike? UpvoteWant More? Follow MeSteem

In July 2018, an iceberg weighing 11 million tons parked just offshore of Innaarsuit, a small island village in northwestern Greenland. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-23. Image Feature. Media

Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-20. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines. @gruffaloLike?

NASA's satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and extend a spacecraft’s life. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-19. Image Feature. Media

The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground

Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with blooms of phytoplankton. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-17. Image Feature.

Launched 15 years ago, the Spitzer Space Telescope has made many discoveries, including this detection of the merger of two neutron stars. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-16. Image Feature.

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring,

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It also the site of the spectacular star-forming region known as the Pillars of Creation, which is located in the southern

As the International Space Station flew overhead, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold captured this photograph of a changing landscape in the heart of Madagascar, observing drainage into the sea in the Betsiboka

NASA has selected six women and men to join the elite corps of flight directors who will lead mission control for a variety of new operations at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image Credit:

Posted to Twitter by @Astro_Alex, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, this image shows our planet's Moon as seen from the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day

One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-05. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines. @gruffaloLike?

Light from the County Fire illuminated the night skies of Northern California when the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image overnight on July 1, 2018. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-05.

Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-07-03. Image Feature. Media usage guidelines. @gruffaloLike?