Astronomers have found cosmic clumps so dark, dense and dusty that they throw the deepest shadows ever recorded. The clumps…
The largest crater associated with a March 2012 impact on Mars has many smaller craters around it, revealed in this…
This image from the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a dark spot (at center…
One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this still image of the Aurora Australis…
In the European Space Agency’s Columbus module, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA prepares to access a tool box designated…
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 39 flight engineer, works with NanoRacks hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace…
Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) packs experimental gear, including the Marangoni Inside (MI)…
One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 800mm lens to record a still…
From an astronaut’s point of view in Earth orbit, it would be difficult to miss the Mississippi River as it…
Inside the Harmony node of the International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA works with the…