... The care package from Earth had arrived. Last week, Japan launched the robotic Kounotori2 spacecraft to bring needed supplies, including food, to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Celebrating 7 years on the surface of the Red Planet, Mars exploration rover Opportunity now stands near the rim of 90 meter wide Santa Maria crater. ... The Whirlpool Galaxy in Infrared Dust . ... The moon pictured above is not Earth's moon but Phobos, the closest moon to the planet Mars. ...