"It’s going where other robots can’t."
The images were captured from the International Space Station.
It will blast off for its eighth mission on Aug. 21.
The mock barbershop comes after the astronauts had a cocktail party aboard the International Space Station.
The crew whipped up shrimp cocktails and fajitas for the space bash.
The latest shots were captured just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface.
NASA engineers are recreating the challenging lighting conditions of the Moon to prepare astronauts.
The dazzling display came from a Falcon 9 rocket blasting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
It was captured by two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft positioned 150 meters ahead of the other.
The Sun's activity was observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.