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The irregular galaxy NGC 4485 shows all the signs of having been involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bypassing galaxy. Rather than destroying the galaxy, the chance encounter is spawning a new generation of stars, and presumably planets. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2JKUjES

Jonny Kim was selected as a member of NASA's 2017 astronaut class, nicknamed "the Turtles." via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2LJ0742

On April 29 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion’s service module moved to the lift station inside the assembly bay. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2WFNs2N

The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2VzrTEB

Joe Acaba was selected as an astronaut in 2004 and has logged a total of 306 days in space on three flights. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2LCHrTE

Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Ju6HbS

NASA's InSight Mars Lander used its Instrument Context Camera beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset on the Red Planet. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2VVWMm2

Today is National Teacher Day! NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold was a science teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf, Maryland. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2Jk0109

SpaceX's Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Saturday, May 4. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2V6UPic

NGC 2903 is located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (the Lion), and was studied as part of a Hubble survey of the central regions of roughly 145 nearby disk galaxies. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2DJrswQ

In the late 1950's, NASA scientist Lewis Kaplan developed a groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2DLB9uq