On Feb. 12, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless, ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any…
Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603. This stellar “jewel box” is one of the…
Engineers conducted the first test as part of Phase 1 of the Orion boilerplate test article at NASA’s Langley Research…
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of the X1.9 class solar flare from November 3, 2011.
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot, pauses near a tool carrier during the Apollo 12 spacewalk on the moon’s…
Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way…
For astronomers, it’s always been a source of frustration that the nearest white dwarf star is buried in the glow…
ISS029-E-033601 (29 Oct. 2011) — The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…
ISS029-E-033629 (29 Oct. 2011) — The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…
The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 29,…