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Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula

This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers…

Dream Chaser Captive Carry Tests
Dream Chaser Captive Carry Tests

An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser flight vehicle during a captive-carry flight test. The test was…

Central Idaho Wildfires
Central Idaho Wildfires

Within this mountainous region, Central Idaho wildfires can be seen producing extensive smoke plumes.

Minotaur V Stacking
Minotaur V Stacking

Engineers at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prepare to stack the United States Air Force’s Minotaur V rocket operated…

Minotaur V Stacking at Sunrise
Minotaur V Stacking at Sunrise

Engineers at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prepare to stack the United States Air Force’s Minotaur V rocket operated…

Minotaur V Stacking in the Distance
Minotaur V Stacking in the Distance

Engineers at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prepare to stack the United States Air Force’s Minotaur V rocket operated…

Asteroid Sample Retrieval
Asteroid Sample Retrieval

This concept image shows an astronaut retrieving a sample from the captured asteroid.

Feeling the Heat
Feeling the Heat

Super heated exhaust is a byproduct of engine testing in the Engine Research Building (ERB) at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.

Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin
Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin outfits the International Space Station during a seven-hour, 29-minute spacewalk.

Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin
Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin outfits the International Space Station during a seven-hour, 29-minute spacewalk.