
On Dec. 6, 1998, the crew of space shuttle mission STS-88 began construction of the International Space Station, attaching the…

Illuminated by the light of nearby stars, the nebula M-78 exhibits a ghostly appearance.

An Expedition 38 crew member aboard the International Space Station took this photograph showing a part of South Africa’s Atlantic…

Workers unload NASA’s TDRS-L satellite from the hold of a C-17 transport aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s…

Engineers examine NASA’s TDRS-L satellite after its rotation into place inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., for…

U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), gets help with final touches of the donning of his partial-pressure launch and…

In the launch pad’s White Room, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., U.S. Senator from Ohio, has his flight…