Doug Huie, research technician at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, carefully sets the NanoSail-D satellite on a specially constructed…
Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and Sally K. Ride display a “bag of worms” during the STS-41G mission in 1984.…
Astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum perform tasks during the STS-124’s mission’s third scheduled spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue…
Astronaut Ron Garan participates in the mission’s second spacewalk. During the seven-hour, 11-minute spacewalk, Garan and fellow STS-124 astronaut Mike…
Space Shuttle Discovery touches down on runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, concluding the…
Backdropped by a sparkling blue and white Earth, Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson participated in the 100th spacewalk for…
The Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype is NASA’s new concept for a lunar truck. Researchers are trying it out at Moses…
Astronaut Ron Garan works on assigned tasks during the last scheduled spacewalk of the STS-124 mission specialist. During the six-hour,…
One of a series of digital still images documenting the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, also called Kibo, in its…
On December 3, 2002, people in Australia received a rare 32-second celestial show as the moon completely obscured the sun,…