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What inspired the NASA space travel posters?
When it came to style, the NASA space travel posters gravitated toward a "retro-future" look, inspired by vintage national park posters. Recreating the nostalgia of those prints was the goal — as was sharing the sense of possibility that exists within all those distant locales.
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Is this the most similar galaxy to our Milky Way?
The NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer captured the dizzying image of NGC 6744 swirling 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Pavo. The galaxy’s claim to fame is that it is one of the most similar to our Milky Way in the local Universe.
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What spacecraft took the picture of Saturn in the Shadow?
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. This Voyager 2 image of Saturn was acquired on Aug. 4, 1981, from a distance of 21 million kilometers (13 million miles).
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How can I visit the TRAPPIST-1 system?
With the touch of a screen or the click of a mouse, you can visit the newly discovered TRAPPIST-1 system in the our exoplanet atlas. The New Worlds Atlas contains every exoplanet discovery, powered by NASA’s Exoplanet Archive, the official database used by professional astronomers engaged in exploring new worlds.
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What is this galaxy with the bright red and blue?
This vivid violet galaxy is filled with dust and gas that clouds a supermassive black hole at its core. The Chandra X-ray Observatory took this unusual picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 7331, showing red, green and blue colours for low, medium and high-energy X-rays, respectively.
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How far away was the first image of Saturn taken?
This Voyager 2 image of Saturn was acquired on Aug. 4, 1981, from a distance of 21 million kilometers (13 million miles).
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What is TRAPPIST-1d?
This is an artist’s interpretation. An artist’s illustration of TRAPPIST-1d takes you to the surface of the third planet from the red TRAPPIST-1 star. From here, the star looms larger than our sun and its light casts a red glow across the sky.
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What kind of paper do NASA posters need?
This NASA poster set showcases the beauty of our solar system and beyond. Website links and an optional poster backs with orbit diagrams and context provide additional details and a deeper dive to explore our galactic neighborhood. The posters are best printed on 11×17 paper.
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How many versions of the Mars poster are there?
There are three iterations of this poster: Version A (this one), Version B and Version C. About the image: A mosaic of the Valles Marineris hemisphere of Mars, created with images from NASA’s Viking orbiters, projected into point perspective–a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Are there any posters or infographics for Voyager?
In celebration of Voyagers’ Interstellar voyage, we’ve added these Posters and Infographics for you to download, print, and share. Click on any of the thumbnails below to learn more and download a free poster-sized image. Explore the Voyager mission through these infographics.
