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Soichi in Space
Soichi in Space

STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves from the Shuttle payload bay, backdropped by the Earth below. During the mission’s second spacewalk,…

A View to Earth
A View to Earth

A camera on the International Space Station captured this image of the docked Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay. There is…

Phoenix: Bound for Mars
Phoenix: Bound for Mars

A Delta II rocket lit up the early morning sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it…

One Engineer to Another
One Engineer to Another

NASA engineer and test pilot Bruce Peterson (right) discusses the M2-F2 Lifting Body airplane with actor James Doohan, who played…

Dust and the Helix Nebula
Dust and the Helix Nebula

Dust makes this cosmic eye look red. This eerie Spitzer Space Telescope image shows infrared radiation from the well-studied Helix…

Anti-Atlas Mountains
Anti-Atlas Mountains

The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about…

Soyuz and Kazakhstan: Picture of the Year
Soyuz and Kazakhstan: Picture of the Year

This photo by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls has been honored by United Press International as one of the top pictures…

Lunar Grand Prix
Lunar Grand Prix

The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a high-speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the “Grand Prix” run during…

The Colors of Saturn
The Colors of Saturn

This delightfully detailed false color image of Saturn is a combination of three images taken in January 1998 by the…

Completing the Task
Completing the Task

STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky (center) says a few words for the media following the landing of Discovery at the Kennedy…