During its tenure aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 13 passed a major milestone: as of late August 2006, more…
A new chapter in space flight began on July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral,…
Har Nuur, or the Black Lake, is located in western Mongolia’s Valley of Lakes, part of a system of closed…
The photo shows the “energy flash” when a projectile launched at speeds up to 17,000 miles an hour impacts a…
Space Shuttle Discovery’s crew witnessed this bright full moon from orbit during a December 1999 mission that included servicing the…
On the verge of spring, the silvery etching of a tree appears across the winter white of western Alaska. Interlaced…
The Shuttle Discovery, along with its External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters, begins the long roll towards Launch Pad 39B…
Like cascading snowflakes in the interstellar night, the strange shapes and textures of the stars in the Snowflake Cluster abound…
The Franz Joseph Strauss, or Munich, International Airport served 29 million passengers in 2005, making it Germany’s second-busiest airport. The…
Infant stars glow gloriously in this infrared image of the Serpens Constellation’s star-forming region, located approximately 8484 light-years away. Glowing…
