Suggested Searches

Image Article

Enormous Saturn
Enormous Saturn

Compared to the gas giant, the two moons shown on either side of Saturn seem particularly small in this Cassini…

STS-122 Heads to the Pad: A Tribute to Alan Poindexter
STS-122 Heads to the Pad: A Tribute to Alan Poindexter

In this image from December 2008, the STS-122 mission crew members stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building, eager…

Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982
Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982

EC82-20220 President Ronald Reagan addresses more than 45,000 people gathered on the back ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center…

Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982
Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982

EC82-20211 President Ronald Reagan chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy…

Pre-July 4 Fireworks From the Sun
Pre-July 4 Fireworks From the Sun

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this M5.6 class solar flare on July 2, 2012 at 6:52am EDT. It was…

X Marks the Spot for Magnetic Reconnection
X Marks the Spot for Magnetic Reconnection

X marks the spot of magnetic reconnection, creating portals where the solar wind can enter Earth’s magnetic field.

Solar Chromosphere
Solar Chromosphere

Hinode captured these very dynamic pictures of our sun’s chromosphere on Jan. 12, 2007.

Picture Perfect Landing
Picture Perfect Landing

The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Flight Engineers…

July 2012 – Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed Launched
July 2012 – Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed Launched

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed is launched onboard a Japanese H-IIB Transfer Vehicle and installed on the truss…

Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire

This June 27, 2012, photo was taken of the Waldo Canyon fire from southwestern Colorado Springs, Colorado, looking northwest towards…