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Bird’s Eye View of the Kepler-16 System
Bird’s Eye View of the Kepler-16 System

A comparison graphic showing the Kepler-16 system with the scale of the inner planets of our own solar system.

Orion Phase 1 Drop Test
Orion Phase 1 Drop Test

Engineers conducted the first test as part of Phase 1 of the Orion MPCV boilerplate test article at NASA’s Langley…

When Galaxies Collide
When Galaxies Collide

This interacting pair of galaxies is included in Arp’s catalog of peculiar galaxies as number 148. Arp 148 is the…

The Past, Powering the Future
The Past, Powering the Future

All six Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne space shuttle main engines from Endeavour’s STS-134 and Atlantis’ STS-135 missions sit in test cells…

Swirling Landscape of Stars
Swirling Landscape of Stars

This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America Nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America,…

Stars Adorn Orion’s Sword
Stars Adorn Orion’s Sword

This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion – an active…

Mercury Spacecraft
Mercury Spacecraft

Insignias from each of six manned Mercury 7 missions and autographs of the original seven NASA astronauts encircle the Mercury…

Carina Nebula: 14,000+ Stars
Carina Nebula: 14,000+ Stars

Chandra has detected more than 14,000 stars in the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the…

Bending the Light
Bending the Light

This image of galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short) is part of a broad survey with NASA’s…

STS-134 Crew at the California Science Center
STS-134 Crew at the California Science Center

On Oct. 11, 2011, NASA officially transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center during…