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Training in Houston
Training in Houston

The astronauts and cosmonauts sit atop mock-ups at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. At left, the three Americans (left…

Soyuz in Orbit
Soyuz in Orbit

An excellent view of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit, photographed by the Apollo astronauts. The three major components…

Smoother Landings
Smoother Landings

Spacecraft attempting to land on an unfamiliar surface need to perform a maneuver called “deep throttling” – a step that…

A Place in History
A Place in History

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full 360-degree view of…

Student Observes Hayabusa Re-Entry from DC-8
Student Observes Hayabusa Re-Entry from DC-8

Brigitte Berman, a junior at Southfield School in Brookline, MA, found being part of the science team on NASA’s recent…

Celestial Fireworks
Celestial Fireworks

Like an Independence Day fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. The cluster is…

Icy Triton
Icy Triton

Taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system, this is a global color mosaic of…

Launched on the Fourth of July
Launched on the Fourth of July

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew launched at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4, 2006 to begin their journey…

Down to Earth Future Aircraft
Down to Earth Future Aircraft

The Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, or SUGAR, Volt future aircraft design comes from the research team led by The…

All-American Salute
All-American Salute

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes…