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Edgar Mitchell Walks on Lunar Surface
Edgar Mitchell Walks on Lunar Surface

Edgar Mitchell moves across the lunar surface as he looks over a traverse map during exploration of Fra Mauro. Lunar…

Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell
Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell

Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (right), commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, are suited up for a manned…

Atlas V First Stage Booster Arrives at Port Canaveral
Atlas V First Stage Booster Arrives at Port Canaveral

Atlas V First Stage Booster Arrives at Port Canaveral

Edgar Mitchell Sets Up Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments
Edgar Mitchell Sets Up Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments

Edgar Mitchell sets up an Apollo lunar surface experiments package made up of a set of scientific instruments placed at…

Liftoff of Apollo 14
Liftoff of Apollo 14

The 363-foot tall Apollo 14 launch vehicle lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 31,…

Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard Training at Kennedy Space Center
Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard Training at Kennedy Space Center

Edgar Mitchell, left, and Alan Shepard participate in lunar surface simulation training at the Kennedy Space Center, July 1970. They…

Floating Hills on Pluto’s Sputnik Planum
Floating Hills on Pluto’s Sputnik Planum

The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of…

X-24A Lifting Body
X-24A Lifting Body

The X-24A was a joint program between NASA, the U. S. Air Force and Martin Aircraft Company. The aircraft flew…

This Week in NASA History: Saturn I S-I Stage Test-Fires at Marshall — Feb. 4, 1961
This Week in NASA History: Saturn I S-I Stage Test-Fires at Marshall — Feb. 4, 1961

This week in 1961, the Saturn I S-I stage equipped with eight H-1 engines successfully test-fired at NASA’s Marshall Space…

Fires Light up Chihuahua, Mexico
Fires Light up Chihuahua, Mexico

Wildfires are lighting up a section of Chihuahua, Mexico in this satellite image.