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Space Shuttle Columbia climbs into orbit from Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 19, 1996.

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A common dandelion Taraxacum officinale with seeds missing

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Colorful and cleverly designed hot-air balloons at the annual Telluride Balloon Festival. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Natchez Trace parkway in Florence, Alabama. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The remnant pilings of a long-gone dock appear to float in air due to their reflection in the blue, still water of a pond near NASA Kennedy Space Center.

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A view inside the 55-foot high containment vessel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Plum Brook Reactor Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

The full Moon sets in the fog behind the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket.

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Nighttime, ground level view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 13.

Space shuttle Discovery is towed into position at the mate-demate device, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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Aerial views of a marina in Los Angeles. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Blowball in detail

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Common Milweed stand

Common tern and eggs in nest at Monomoy NWR

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Storm brewing over the NCTC Commons Building

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Common eider research project

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Exterior window, Bruce M. Van Sickle Federal Building, Minot, North Dakota (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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General Motors Technical Center Building, Warren, Michigan (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

With the sun setting in the background at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the mobile launcher is nearing completion of its 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B.

Moose graze in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

Row houses, Florida Ave. and Porter St., NE, Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Horses at a ranch in South Dakota. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Exterior, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

The Skylab 4/Saturn 1B space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Nov. 16, 1973.

The launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission was captured from a field of Florida Power & Light solar panels off of S.R. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Arabidopsis seeds are being planted in Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS) units inside a laboratory at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft at the tarmac at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Workers, suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, using rollers and brushes to repaint the flag on the Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA Fire Rescue Services are on the scene to support a controlled burn in the vicinity of the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Winglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center.

The “sheriff” of Old Tombstone, now an Old West tourist attraction in southeastern Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan (2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Texas state flags line a path through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market renovation in the 80s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

New Carrollton Federal Office building in Baltimore, home to 4,400 federal employees. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Lafayette, Lousiana Swamp. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Harbor scene in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Fireworks celebrate the arrival of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex following a 10-mile journey.

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Thistle blooms provide a midday meal for a gulf fritillary butterfly at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.

A close-up view of the Orion crew module from Exploration Flight Test 1 on display at nearby NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

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The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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The Mercury-Atlas 7 carrying astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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T-33A (55-4351/NASA 815) arrived at NASA FRC January 9, 1963 departed September 10th,1973 to Redding, California.

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Dec. 15, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module and heads toward a landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Nov 10th, 2013.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft after three weeks at the space station. Oct 22nd, 2013.

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The J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Hercules ship at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The flag of Texas, depicted on a downtown wall in Pecos, the seat of Reeves County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The set sets behind large, metal silos on a farm in Jackson County, Iowa. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Confederate Statue in Jasper, Alabama. Confederate flag made out of flowers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The Columbus, Ohio, skyline. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Exterior detail, Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S Post Office and Courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas (2010) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Ponderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Beautiful skies prevailed on the evening of the Venus Transit when NASA Glenn brought telescopes to Edgewater Park on Lake Erie for a view of the event. 5 June 2012.

The Apollo 17 Command Module (CM), with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Space shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the dawn sky as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Space shuttle Discover standing on the fiery columns erupting from the solid rocket boosters as it lifts off Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116.

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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter No. 2 arrives at Launch Pad 39A. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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C-band, 3 megawatt radar with a 50-foot dish antenna recently installed on north Kennedy Space Center. It is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission, 16 May 2011.

A drifting smoke plumes from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis appear to swirl above the Vehicle Assembly Building near sunset.

An Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft carrying a Pegasus XL Rocket with eight NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS.

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The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft after a month visiting the orbital outpost.

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Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B.

Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan IV (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

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The Santa Monica Pier. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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This view of a ground squirrel is a common sight along the Pacific Coast. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Grand Canyon Panorama. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien slid down the ways at the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine.

Late fall day in New England. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Common eider eggs

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Blackbird on the gutter No.2

Common barn owl searching for food

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Bee fly on a common blue violet

Mudpots and hot springs color the terrain in northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Las Vegas Strip. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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STS-135 crew members inspect tools they will use in space during the STS-135 Crew Equipment Interface Test at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, April 8, 2011, in Florida.

The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station Zvezda Service Module and heads toward a landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Nov. 11, 2013 (Kazakh time).

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An Atlas launch vehicle lifts off with the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 atop with astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. aboard.

ER-2 tail number 806, is one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden.

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