Pilot Bill Dana looks up as the B-52 “mothership” cruises over NASA’s HL-10 “lifting body” on Muroc Dry Lake, California,…
This artist’s concept compares the size of a gargantuan star and its surrounding dusty disk to that of our solar…
How would it look to have four suns in the sky? Planets of the HD 98800 system, if they exist,…
This image of Torino, Italy was photographed by Expedition 12 on the International Space Station. Located in the Piemonte region…
This test conducted in May 1988 shows what happens during launch if a space shuttle main engine fails. The test…
An artist’s conception shows a gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star, creating searingly hot conditions on the…
While driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of “McCool Hill,” the wheels of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit churned up the…
What happens when a galaxy falls in with the wrong crowd? The irregular galaxy NGC 1427A is a spectacular example…
As spring now dawns on the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, sand dunes near the pole, as pictured above, are beginning…
Scientists Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker and Mary Johnston (top to bottom) are shown undergoing training at the Marshall Space Flight…