
As billows of smoke and steam roll across the landscape, the launch of space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 is…

Dramatically reflected by the waters of the extensive lagoon system adjacent to Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Columbia, the world’s…

A timed exposure of space shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39A turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a…

Space shuttle Columbia races toward space as the STS-50 mission begins. The 13-day mission was the first Extended Duration Orbiter…

On the first-ever spacewalk from space shuttle Columbia, during the STS-87 mission, astronaut Winston E. Scott works with a simulated…

Best known as a swan winging its way across the night, the constellation Cygnus is easily seen in the northern…

In preparation for the STS-87 mission, space shuttle Columbia rolls out to Launch Pad 39B atop the crawler-transporter. STS-87 marked…

Shadows darken parts of some of Janus’ large craters as Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this…

New data from the Herschel Space Observatory shows that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their…

Peter Jenniskens take a closer look at the image from the AVS Cineflex HiDEF camera mounted on the nose of…