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Full Moon at Kennedy Space Center

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Published: October 4, 2017

A brilliant full Moon rises over the Launch Complex 39 area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 9, 2017.

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