Space station research has been a part of Langley Research Center’s portfolio from its early NASA days
The big blob-like structure shown here, named Himiko after the legendary ancient queen of Japan, turns out to be three…
A Minotaur I rocket carrying, among other payloads, 11 small cubesat research satellites as part of NASA’s fourth Educational Launch…
NASA astronomers catch a bright view of Comet ISON.
A stacked image of comet ISON enhances the brilliant detail of the comet’s sweeping tail.
Comet ISON is capturing all the current headlines, but comet Lovejoy is also becoming bright in the early morning skies.
Flight director Dina Contella sits at the FD console in the Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control room.
Flight director Dina Contella and astronaut Mark Vande Hei are pictured in the Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control…
The medium wide scene of one of the screens in Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control room.
New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way’s…