This artist’s rendering is of the Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft is slated to return on January…
Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third planned spacewalk or extravehicular activity (EVA) on Aug. 15,…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope observed a fledgling solar system, like the one depicted in this artist’s concept, and discovered deep…
The recently active volcano Mt. Manaro is the dominant feature in this shaded relief image of Ambae Island, part of…
This overhead image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis gives an excellent view of the top of the crew cabin and…
In this computer-generated representation, a space shuttle is docked to a completed and fully operational International Space Station (ISS). The…
Dry conditions and high winds have lead to numerous recent fire outbreaks throughout much of the southwestern and south-central USA.…
The sun flares above the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay in this view from the STS-68 mission in October 1994.…
As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red…
April 26, 2003, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer for Expedition Seven…
