The first photo of Earth from a weather satellite, taken by the TIROS-1 satellite on April 1, 1960. Early photographs…
Egypt’s Lake Nasser, as photographed in January 2005 from the International Space Station. One of the world’s largest artificial lakes,…
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual maximum on Sept. 12, 2008, stretching over 27 million square kilometers, or 10.5…
Mt. Everest and nearby Mt. Makalu stand out in this oblique photograph of the Tibetan Plateau taken from the International…
The Great Wall of China and Inner Mongolia are featured in this image photographed by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao…
Former NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Director Kevin Petersen got an April Fool’s Day surprise when he arrived at work…
It’s not often that you find an airplane in your parking space when you arrive at work. But that’s what…
The boosters of the Soyuz rocket that transported Expedition 19 to the space station are shown here as the Soyuz…
Spectators gather around a mock-up of the Orion capsule that will carry astronauts back to the moon. The capsule is…
Even before the Space Task Group was formally organized, Langley had begun to develop the concept of the “Little Joe”…