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Tragedy in New York City
Tragedy in New York City

This image from NASA’s Terra satellite shows a large plume of smoke streaming southward from the remnants of the burning…

Aftermath of World Trade Center Attack
Aftermath of World Trade Center Attack

This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12,…

The Moon’s North Pole
The Moon’s North Pole

The Earth’s moon has been an endless source of fascination for humanity for thousands of years. When at last Apollo…

Preparing GRAIL for Launch
Preparing GRAIL for Launch

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida, these spacecraft technicians may be the last persons…

… And on the 2,690th Martian Day
… And on the 2,690th Martian Day

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take this picture showing a light-toned rock, nicknamed Tisdale 2,…

Katia From Space
Katia From Space

Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of the Expedition 28 crew took this…

Langley’s Huey Returns
Langley’s Huey Returns

NASA Langley’s Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter returned to the Center Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, after a five-year long stint supporting…

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3393
Spiral Galaxy NGC 3393

Evidence for a pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy has been found in data from NASA’s Chandra…

Irene Makes Landfall Over New York
Irene Makes Landfall Over New York

This GOES-13 satellite image is of Hurricane Irene just 28 minutes before the storm made landfall in New York City.…

Night Flight of STS-8
Night Flight of STS-8

Space shuttle Challenger’s third flight was the first to have its beginnings in darkness, as NASA’s eighth space shuttle launch…