Using the unique orbit of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and a depth-perceiving trick called parallax, astronomers have determined the distance…
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander was lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, in December 2006…
Mesas in the Nilosyrtis Mensae region of Mars appear in enhanced color in this image from the High Resolution Imaging…
Just after sunrise, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA’s Dawn spacecraft rises from its launch pad to begin its 1.7-billion-mile…
For three days, employees Kennedy Space Center and other NASA centers, along with those from the Department of Defense, participated…
This cockpit view of a hypothetical spacecraft traveling at eight-tenths the speed of light shows the visual distortions that would…
Ikhana fiber optic wing shape sensor team: clockwise from left, Anthony “Nino” Piazza, Allen Parker, William Ko, and Lance Richards.
One of a series, this image of Saturn was taken when the planet’s rings were at their maximum tilt of…
This 1997 montage of planetary images was taken by spacecraft managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Included are (from top…
In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the Orbiter Transport System gets ready to roll in under…