Discovery’s cargo bay over Earth’s horizon was photographed by one of the seven STS-114 crew members as the Shuttle approached…
Space shuttle Discovery leaps from its launch pad on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, to begin the STS-120 mission to the…
This stunning false-color view of Saturn’s moon Hyperion reveals crisp details across the strange, tumbling moon’s surface. Differences in color…
A 310-mile (500km) shadow falls over Antarctica during a total solar eclipse on November 23, 2003, in this photo from…
This image mosaic taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover’s landing site, the…
A close-up view of Discovery’s tail section is featured in this image that was taken during a backflip maneuver as…
Astronaut Patrick Forrester participates in the mission’s fourth and final session spacewalk. Among other tasks, Forrester and fellow astronaut Steven…
This Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated image shows a model of the space shuttle. CFD has taken the place…
After a 15-day mission to the International Space Station, space shuttle Discovery kicks up dust as its wheels touch down…
This image from NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the checkerboard region of Noctis Labyrinthus, the Labyrinth of Night, west of…