6 Great Space Images From February

Five Space and Astronomy Images #

Last fall, scientists received more than a quarter pound of space rock, making it the largest sample retrieved from an asteroid. NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the final resting place of its robotic helicopter sibling that performed over 70 flights on Mars. A Swedish astronaut shared his experience of getting used to microgravity during his time in orbit. Astronomers found strong evidence of a neutron star in the wreckage of a supernova explosion in 1987. A capsule carrying vials of an antiviral H.I.V. drug returned from low Earth orbit after testing pharmaceutical production in space.