NASA releases the most memorable photos of 2023

These are the images considered by NASA to be the most memorable in 2023 related to space.

2023 is an important year for NASA, including the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station, the launch of Artemis II, asteroid samples brought to Earth. To commemorate this special year , NASA has released the most memorable images of the past year related to space.

The Soyuz rocket launched with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and other Roscosmos astronauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on September 15, 2023 in Kazakhstan. (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls).

NASA astronauts participate in a STEM demonstration with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington (USA). These three astronauts spent 170 days in space during expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)

A sample from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)

Support teams worked around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with astronauts on board in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)

Members of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Flight Operations team are seen operating a helicopter. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)

The Russian All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Search and Recovery Task Force eats lunch and prepares for the landing of NASA astronauts outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.(Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft is seen blasting off from the facility at Launch Complex 39A, preparing to resume the Psyche mission. NASA's Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study its composition. (Photo: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

A student's letter is seen during a meeting with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona before the MOU signing ceremony on May 24, 2023. This memorandum focuses on enhancing collaboration between the two agencies, including efforts to promote STEM education in the United States. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)

The Soyuz rocket is seen after arriving at the launch pad at Site 31 in September 2023 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronauts participate in a press conference outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington (USA) to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight mission to orbit the Moon. (Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber)