
This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken as NASA鈥檚 EPOXI mission approached the comet at 6:59 a.m. PDT…

The upper panel of this figure shows small images of the comet, specially filtered to show only carbon dioxide, or…

At NASA鈥檚 Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery waits on Launch Pad 39A on Nov. 5, 2010 for…

From 220 miles above Earth, the Expedition 25 crew aboard the International Space Station shot this night time image of…

The primary science objective of the TIMED mission is to understand the energy transfer into and out of the Mesosphere…

Artist鈥檚 concept of the TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft in orbit above the Earth, with light from…

In the clean room at Kennedy Space Center鈥檚 Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare the New Horizons spacecraft for a…

With the sun on the horizon, NASA鈥檚 DC-8 flies over Antarctica鈥檚 Weddell Sea on Oct. 28 during a Fall 2010…

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilots Troy Asher (left) and Bill Brockett (right) flew NASA鈥檚 DC-8 research aircraft during NASA鈥檚…