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John Glenn and the Mercury 7 Memorial
John Glenn and the Mercury 7 Memorial

Mercury astronaut John Glenn poses in front of the Mercury 7 memorial near Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…

Revisiting Discovery
Revisiting Discovery

Sen. John Glenn and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana reminisce inside the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in…

Preparing to Celebrate 50 Years
Preparing to Celebrate 50 Years

John Glenn and his wife Annie are seen at a Senior Manager luncheon, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, inside the Operations…

Flight Research Pilots, retired
Flight Research Pilots, retired

Richard G. (Dick) Ewers was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Opportunity Rover Self-Portrait From 2007
Opportunity Rover Self-Portrait From 2007

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) during the mission’s sols 1282 and 1284 (Sept. 2 and…

An Historic Meeting
An Historic Meeting

John Glenn, standing next to his Friendship 7 capsule in which he made his historic orbital flight, meets with President…

THEMIS in Orbit
THEMIS in Orbit

An artist’s conception of one of the THEMIS spacecraft in orbit around Earth.

THEMIS Ground Stations
THEMIS Ground Stations

In additional to the five THEMIS spacecraft launched into space, 20 THEMIS ground stations can observe aurora from the ground.

Aurora Borealis Over the Midwest
Aurora Borealis Over the Midwest

In this image taken on Jan. 25, 2012, the Aurora Borealis steals the scene in this nighttime photograph shot from…

Rhea Before Titan
Rhea Before Titan

Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in…