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Who says you can't take selfies in space? This selfie was snapped by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins as he was on a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Victor Glover.
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This photo shows the Cygnus cargo vessel as it neared the International Space Station. The Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship carried 8,200 lbs of food, scientific equipment and crew gear to the seven astronauts living on the ISS.
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This photo was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the spiral and starburst galaxy NGC 1792. This galaxy contains stars that form 10 times faster than they do in the Milky Way.
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The very final stage of the Perseverance rover's descent to Mars was captured by a camera aboard the Skycrane, seconds before it landed on the Red planet's surface.
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This is Victor Glover on his first ever space walk outside the International Space Station.
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This image was taken by Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS), which is aboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. It shows the southeast wall of a crater on Mars, which is about 7.5 miles in diameter. The blue colors indicate different materials on the planet's surface.
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This is China's Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter, lander and solar-powered rover entering Mars' orbit. The Tianwen-1 mission is one of three missions currently on Mars.
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This image was captured by Hubble Space Telescope and shows the comet P/2019 LD2 flying by the Trojans (ancient asteroids trapped near Jupiter). In the image, we can see the comet's glowing center and its dust and gas tail behind it.
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This image is a still from the video NASA released of the Perseverance rover being released onto the surface of Mars. What we see in the image is the top of the rover's supersonic parachute and "Skycrane" that slowed down the rover's descent to the Red planet.
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This image shows two photos of Mars taken a day apart as the planet shifts into its new year. The new Martian year began on February 7 and will last for 687 Earth days.
February's Best Photos From Space
If Earth is feeling a little small these days, expand your horizons and have a look at the best space photos taken in February 2021.
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