The surface of Mercury was captured by Messenger, the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury on March 29, 2011.
NASA’s Messenger probe captured the southern hemisphere of Mercury when it flew by the planet in September 2009.
NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captures Saturn with the rings edge-on and both poles in view, offering view of its fluttering auroras on March 22, 2011.
Russian space agency rescuers help Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri shortly after their landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely Wednesday in the snowy expanses of central Kazakhstan after spending a five-month stint on the International Space Station.
Portions of the Martian surface are seen in unprecedented detail from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Jan. 14, 2011.