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From the First to the Last
From the First to the Last

On March 18, 2011, MESSENGER made history by becoming the first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury.

Extra X-rays at the Hub of Our Milky Way Galaxy
Extra X-rays at the Hub of Our Milky Way Galaxy

NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured a new high-energy X-ray view (magenta) of the bustling center of…

Milestone: Stennis installs 96-inch high-pressure industrial water valve
Milestone: Stennis installs 96-inch high-pressure industrial water valve

Stennis Space Center employees installed a 96-inch valve March 26 as part of an ongoing project to upgrade the high-pressure…

SPoRT Satellite Imagery of Post Earthquake in Nepal Districts.
SPoRT Satellite Imagery of Post Earthquake in Nepal Districts.

SPoRT Satellite Imagery of Post Earthquake in Nepal Districts.

SPoRT Satellite Image as Detected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Sensor of the Post Kathmandu Earthquake.
SPoRT Satellite Image as Detected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Sensor of the Post Kathmandu Earthquake.

SPoRT Satellite Image as Detected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Sensor of the Post Kathmandu Earthquake.

Mercury Redstone 3 Flight Simulation Test
Mercury Redstone 3 Flight Simulation Test

A close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his space suit with his helmet on inside the Mercury capsule.…

Discovery Landed in California 25 years ago
Discovery Landed in California 25 years ago

Twenty-five years ago today, April 29, on mission STS-31, the Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California,…

April 29, 1990, Shuttle Discovery Lands Following Hubble Deployment Mission
April 29, 1990, Shuttle Discovery Lands Following Hubble Deployment Mission

On April 29, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery approaches for landing on a concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base…

Five New Crater Names for Mercury
Five New Crater Names for Mercury

Five previously unnamed craters on Mercury now have names!

Where Are They Now: F5D-1 Skylancer #708
Where Are They Now: F5D-1 Skylancer #708

The Douglas Aircraft Company built four F5D-1 Skylancers. They were built for the Navy as an all-weather fighter interceptor that…