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One Week from Expedition 34 Launch
One Week from Expedition 34 Launch

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA conducts a “fit check” dress rehearsal…

Van Allen Probes in Orbit
Van Allen Probes in Orbit

This artist’s rendition represents NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes in orbit within Earth’s magnetic field to explore the radiation belts.

RFCS Checkout Flight on F/A-18 #853
RFCS Checkout Flight on F/A-18 #853

NASA Dryden’s F/A-18 #853, piloted by Nils Larson, flew a Research Flight Control System (RFCS) checkout flight for NASA’s Integrated…

F/A-18 On Research Flight Control System Checkout Flight
F/A-18 On Research Flight Control System Checkout Flight

NASA Dryden’s F/A-18 #853, piloted by Nils Larson, flew a Research Flight Control System (RFCS) checkout flight for NASA’s Integrated…

Helios-A Solar Probe At Launch Complex
Helios-A Solar Probe At Launch Complex

The Helios-A solar probe launched on Dec. 10, 1974 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. As it looped around…

Antarctic Balloon Campaign Underway
Antarctic Balloon Campaign Underway

On Saturday, December 8, 2012, the SuperTIGER payload was launched in Antarctica.

Apollo 17 Launch
Apollo 17 Launch

The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A., Launch Complex…

GRAIL’s Gravity Map of the Moon
GRAIL’s Gravity Map of the Moon

This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)…

The Sun’s Innermost Atmosphere
The Sun’s Innermost Atmosphere

This combined image from Nov. 8-9, 2012, shows the sun’s innermost atmosphere as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)…

Earth at Night
Earth at Night

This new global view of Earth’s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting…