This far-out image of the Sahara Desert was photographed from space via the Sally Ride EarthKAM, a camera aboard the International Space Station. The EarthKAM is programmed remotely by middle school students as part of an educational program established by Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space. Ride’s first trip to space was in 1983. On May 26, her birthday, we remember her legacy.
Honoring the first American woman in space
Today in History
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The Tour de France begins
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World Teachers Day
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Happy Holi!
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Of moles and liquid nitrogen
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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Storm rolls over the grasslands
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A growing business
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A little blue
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Clouds over the River of Grass
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A bison preserve
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Adorable activism
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
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In the Garden of Europe
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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