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The NACA Spirit Captured, 1945
The NACA Spirit Captured, 1945

In this 1945 photo, test pilots (from left) Mel Gough, Herb Hoover, Jack Reeder, Steve Cavallo and Bill Gray stand…

March Welcomed with M8.2-Class Solar Flare
March Welcomed with M8.2-Class Solar Flare

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M8.2-class, peaking at 8:35 p.m. EST on March 2, 2015.

Astronauts Complete Series of Three Spacewalks
Astronauts Complete Series of Three Spacewalks

On Sunday, March 1, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore ventured outside the International Space…

Altus
Altus

General Atomics’ Altus vehicle was used to verify technologies that will lead to a long-duration (12 to 72 hours), high-altitude…

Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO)
Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO)

Graphic of NASA’s Heliphysics System Observatory, or HSO, spacecraft.

Dawn’s Arrival at Dwarf Planet
Dawn’s Arrival at Dwarf Planet

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres.

Dawn’s Blue Glow
Dawn’s Blue Glow

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres (lower right). Dawn

Cratered Surface of Ceres in Motion
Cratered Surface of Ceres in Motion

The surface of Ceres is covered with craters of many shapes and sizes, as seen in this new animation of…

Cratered Surface of Ceres
Cratered Surface of Ceres

The surface of Ceres is covered with craters of many shapes and sizes, as seen in this mosaic of the…

‘Pancake’ Feature on Ceres
‘Pancake’ Feature on Ceres

Some might see a pancake, and others a sand dollar, in this new image from NASA’s Dawn mission.