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Antarctica’s Tallest Peak
Antarctica’s Tallest Peak

NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica’s tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent…

Commander Suni Williams in Harmony Node
Commander Suni Williams in Harmony Node

ISS033-E-012794 (18 Oct. 2012) — NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in…

New Sunspot AR1598 Release M5-class Solar Flare
New Sunspot AR1598 Release M5-class Solar Flare

This image of a solar flare on Oct 22, 2012, combines the light from two different wavelengths as captured by…

Cluster in Space
Cluster in Space

Artist’s depiction of the four Cluster spacecraft in Earth’s magnetic field.

Expedition 33 Crew Waves Farewell
Expedition 33 Crew Waves Farewell

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, bottom, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin…

First Look at Milky Way’s Monster in High-Energy X-ray Light
First Look at Milky Way’s Monster in High-Energy X-ray Light

These are the first, focused high-energy X-ray views of the area surrounding the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A*, at…

Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black Hole
Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black Hole

NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured these first, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the…

Rocket Rollout
Rocket Rollout

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at the Baikonur…

New Set of Solar Fireworks
New Set of Solar Fireworks

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 2:14 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20, 2012 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory…

First Sample Placed on Curiosity’s Observation Tray
First Sample Placed on Curiosity’s Observation Tray

The robotic arm on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover’s observation tray for…