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ISS Progress 42 Undocking
ISS Progress 42 Undocking

ISS029-E-033629 (29 Oct. 2011) — The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…

ISS Progress 42 Undocking
ISS Progress 42 Undocking

The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 29,…

Hinode’s First Light . . . and Five More Years
Hinode’s First Light . . . and Five More Years

Vivid orange streamers of super-hot, electrically charged gas (plasma) arc from the surface of the Sun, revealing the structure of…

Mars’ Newton Crater
Mars’ Newton Crater

This image, which combines orbital imagery with 3-D modeling, shows flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope…

The Space Station’s First Crew
The Space Station’s First Crew

Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd (center) is flanked by Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko (right) and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev (left)…

Curiosity Mars Bound
Curiosity Mars Bound

In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians make preparations to enclose NASA’s Mars…

NPP Being Readied for Launch
NPP Being Readied for Launch

The Delta II rocket with it’s NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload is seen as the service structure is rolled…

NPP Launch Arc
NPP Launch Arc

On Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, an arc of light illuminates the pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as…

NASA’s Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding
NASA’s Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding

Since July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of…

The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle
The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle

JSC2011-E-196320 (22 Sept. 2011) — The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle…