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Michael Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio Both Enjoy a Thanksgiving Meal
Michael Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio Both Enjoy a Thanksgiving Meal

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio pose for a photo with a Thanksgiving meal.

Michael Hopkins Shows His Thanksgiving Meal
Michael Hopkins Shows His Thanksgiving Meal

NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins offers a close-up view of his Thanksgiving meal.

41 Years Ago this Week – Apollo 17
41 Years Ago this Week – Apollo 17

During the second spacewalk on December 12, 1972, Apollo 17 Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan is standing near the lunar…

XV-15
XV-15

The two Bell XV-15 Tiltrotor aircraft were involved in limited research at the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center in…

Test Tank Readies for Crushing
Test Tank Readies for Crushing

Engineers position a 27.5-foot-diameter cylinder for the first full-scale Shell Buckling and Knockdown Factor Project test.

Dec. 6, 1998, International Space Station Assembly Begins
Dec. 6, 1998, International Space Station Assembly Begins

On Dec. 6, 1998, the crew of space shuttle mission STS-88 began construction of the International Space Station, attaching the…

A Stellar Nursery
A Stellar Nursery

Illuminated by the light of nearby stars, the nebula M-78 exhibits a ghostly appearance.

South Africa’s Atlantic Coast
South Africa’s Atlantic Coast

An Expedition 38 crew member aboard the International Space Station took this photograph showing a part of South Africa’s Atlantic…

TDRS-L Satellite Unloaded
TDRS-L Satellite Unloaded

Workers unload NASA’s TDRS-L satellite from the hold of a C-17 transport aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s…

Engineers Inspect TDRS-L
Engineers Inspect TDRS-L

Engineers examine NASA’s TDRS-L satellite after its rotation into place inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., for…