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…
The Argyle open-pit diamond mine, located in the Kimberley region in the far northeast of Western Australia, is the world’s…
New data on sea-level heights from February 2007 show that the tropical Pacific Ocean has transitioned from a warm (El…
Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third scheduled spacewalk. During the 6-hour, 53-minute spacewalk, Behnken…
Surely one of the most spectacular sights the solar system has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor…
The Trifid Nebula, aka M20, is easy to find with a small telescope and a well-known stop in the nebula…
In addition to looking heavenward, NASA helps the world see the Earth in ways no one else can. On Nov.…
