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Rocky Mountain National Park Viewed From the International Space Station
Rocky Mountain National Park Viewed From the International Space Station

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts marked the 100th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain National Park with this photograph taken…

Field Carrier Landing Practice at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Field Carrier Landing Practice at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility

The United States Navy is conducting a Field Carrier Landing Practice detachment operation at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility through…

B-727
B-727

A series of flight tests using a Boeing 727 jetliner were conducted in 1973-1974 at the NASA Flight Research Center…

Chandra Celebrates the International Year of Light
Chandra Celebrates the International Year of Light

From a distant galaxy to the relatively nearby debris field of an exploded star, images demonstrate the myriad ways that…

Freeze Frame
Freeze Frame

Scientific imaging specialist Quentin Schwinn uses a laser scanner to scan ice accretion on the leading edge of an airfoil…

Greenland’s Leidy Glacier
Greenland’s Leidy Glacier

Located in the northwest corner of Greenland, Leidy Glacier is fed by ice from the Academy Glacier (upstream and inland).…

SPIDER to Map the Cosmic Microwave Background
SPIDER to Map the Cosmic Microwave Background

SPIDER will search the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, for the signal of inflation, the thermal afterglow of the Big…

Space Launch System Booster Aimed and Ready to Fire
Space Launch System Booster Aimed and Ready to Fire

The first qualification motor for NASA’s Space Launch System’s booster is installed in ATK’s test stand in Utah and is…

Where Are They Now: SR-71A #844
Where Are They Now: SR-71A #844

During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research at…

Refrozen Meltwater Pond
Refrozen Meltwater Pond

Refrozen meltwater ponds in northeast Greenland seen during an April 2013 IceBridge flight.