NASA HQ picked their best photos of the year. Here are our 13 favorites.

Image caption: 2023 was a stellar year for NASA images. Image credit: Upper-right, clockwise: NASA / Keegan Barber, NASA / Bill Ingalls, NASA / Bill Ingalls. Article by PopSci Staff. Popular Science – April 24, 2024. Flickr album: Best of 2023 by NASA HQ Photo.

On September 24, 2023, a capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission floated back to Earth, landing safely in the Utah desert. The mission was the first time the U.S. brought back a piece of an asteroid and a big moment for the space agency. The history-making success of OSIRIS-REx features prominently in NASA HQ’S Best of 2023 photos album, recently curated and shared on Flickr. […]

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