After Mercury came Gemini, the project that would put to the test the maneuvers that would be required if Apollo…
In the opinion of many space historians, Langley’s most important contribution to the Apollo program was its development of Lunar…
Technicians from Ball Aerospace inspected the honeycomb structure of the Kepler Space Telescope’s primary mirror. The mirror has been 86%…
Data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite in September 2005 show the heaviest rain developing in the eastern bands…
This composite image, which has become a popular poster, shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over…
The south end of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas shimmers in turquoise waters in this 2002 photo from the International…
Changing weather conditions left their mark on sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula in late 2008 and early 2009. In…
The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s robotic arm hovers over Earth’s horizon, backdropped by a starburst from the Sun. This photo was…
This image shows the abundance of life in the sea, measured by the SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite. Dark…
NASA spacecraft watched closely in 2005 as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season yielded 27 named storms, including the devastating Hurricane…