The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and has a population of about 19.9 million, is pictured at approximately 3:29 a.m. local time Dec. 20, 2025, from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic coast.
纽约-纽瓦克-泽西城大都会统计区横跨纽约州、新泽西州和康涅狄格州的23个县，人口约1990万。这张图像从国际空间站拍摄，时间为当地时间2025年12月20日凌晨3点29分左右，当时空间站在大西洋沿岸上空约262英里（约420公里）的轨道上飞行。
In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing.
在这张拍摄于2026年1月上旬的照片中，团队正准备将NASA潘多拉小型卫星、NASA资助的恒星—行星活动研究立方体卫星（SPARCS）以及黑洞编码孔径望远镜（BlackCAT）封装进SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭的有效载荷整流罩内。
Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation’s 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington.
为庆祝美国建国250周年，NASA的太空发射系统火箭的影像将于2025年12月31日（星期三）在华盛顿投影到华盛顿纪念碑上。
Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander are led by Bill Owens of the Closeout Crew from the elevator at the 275-foot level of the mobile launcher to the crew access arm as they prepare to board their Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket during the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
在2025年12月20日星期六，于佛罗里达州NASA肯尼迪航天中心的车辆组装大楼内，阿尔忒弥斯2号任务机组成员从左至右依次为NASA宇航员克里斯蒂娜·科赫（任务专家）、维克托·格洛弗（飞行员）、加拿大航天局宇航员杰里米·汉森（任务专家）以及NASA宇航员里德·怀斯曼（指令长）。
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025.
NASA的SPHEREx天文台在2025年12月18日发布的这张图像中，以102种红外颜色绘制了整个天空。
The planet Jupiter is shown from an unusual angle. Most prominent are a miasma of jumbled and swirling clouds including many oval storms. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
图中木星的视角较为特殊。最引人注目的是一片杂乱翻腾的云层，其中包含许多椭圆形风暴。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission.
一只科学气球开始升空，准备搭载NASA的超高能观测有效载荷任务PUEO进入空中。
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster.
这张NASA/ESA哈勃太空望远镜图像展示了星系NGC4388，它是室女座星系团的成员之一。
