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The Kamchatka Peninsula and Sunglint
The Kamchatka Peninsula and Sunglint

As the International Space Station passed over the Bering Sea on Earth Day, one of the Expedition 39 crew members…

SR-71
SR-71

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

STS-31 Crew Looks Out at the Hubble Space Telescope
STS-31 Crew Looks Out at the Hubble Space Telescope

Three STS-31 crew members look at the Hubble Space Telescope through overhead windows on space shuttle Discovery, April 25, 1990.…

Sandstone Target ‘Windjana’ May Be Next Martian Drilling Site
Sandstone Target ‘Windjana’ May Be Next Martian Drilling Site

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has driven within robotic-arm’s reach of the sandstone slab at the center of this view from…

Running on the Beach
Running on the Beach

Mercury astronaut John Glenn stays fit by running on the beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Credit: NASA

Location of Mars Sandstone Target ‘Windjana’
Location of Mars Sandstone Target ‘Windjana’

On this view of the Curiosity rover mission’s waypoint called “the Kimberley,” the red dot indicates the location of a…

Exploration Design Challenge Winning Team
Exploration Design Challenge Winning Team

NASA’s Administrator, Charles Bolden (left), President/CEO of Lockheed Martin, Marillyn Hewson (right), and astronaut Rex Walheim (back row) pose for…

SR-71
SR-71

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

STS-31 Shuttle Crew Poses for a Photo
STS-31 Shuttle Crew Poses for a Photo

On space shuttle Discovery’s middeck, the STS-31 crew poses for a traditional in-flight portrait on April 29, 1990. Astronaut Loren…

NOAA’s JPSS CERES Instrument Completes Testing
NOAA’s JPSS CERES Instrument Completes Testing

Engineers prepare to remove the CERES instrument from the Radiometric Calibration Chamber following the completion of thermal vacuum testing at…