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Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust
Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust

This intriguing image of the intriguing ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star reveals startling new details of one of the…

Go for Launch
Go for Launch

NASA senior managers completed a detailed review of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected Oct. 23, 2007, as…

Chimborazo and Tungurahua
Chimborazo and Tungurahua

Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor captured this image or Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo on September 16, 2001. Snowcapped…

The ATHLETE Rover
The ATHLETE Rover

JPL leads in the development of the ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robotic vehicle. Other members of the team include…

Attacking Mars
Attacking Mars

The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in September 2005. However, what might look like a military attack was once again…

Destination: Moon
Destination: Moon

On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral…

The View From Iapetus
The View From Iapetus

While on final approach for its September 2007 close encounter with Saturn’s moon Iapetus, Cassini spun around to take in…

Cape St. Vincent
Cape St. Vincent

This false-color image captured by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows Cape St. Vincent, one of the many promontories that…

Echoes from the Edge
Echoes from the Edge

Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…

Following Spirit’s Landing Tracks
Following Spirit’s Landing Tracks

As Spirit descended onto Mars’ surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving…