This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale Crater shows layers of rock that preserve a record of environments…
The Space Shuttle Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through the Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in…
A new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981, when the first shuttle mission soared into orbit from…
These jets, known as spicules, were captured in an SDO image on April 25, 2010. Combined with the energy from…
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS 41-B mission specialist, participates in a historical spacewalk. He is pictured a few meters away…
Preparations are underway to begin integration of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Launch Abort System (foreground) with the Crew Module…
This still image from a Juno mission animation shows how the spinning spacecraft might look during deployment of its giant…
This still image from a Juno mission animation shows the spinning, solar powered spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter’s north pole.…
Launching from Earth in 2011, the Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in 2016 to study the giant planet from…
This graphic shows Juno’s trajectory, or flight path, from Earth to Jupiter. The spacecraft travels around the sun, to a…
