On September 8, 1969, a transporter carried the 363-foot-high Apollo 12 Saturn V space vehicle from the Vehicle Assembly Building’s…
NASA scientists announced today, March 2, 2004, that evidence found by the Opportunity rover suggests water once flowed at its…
In this artist’s conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing, detected around the star CoKu Tau 4 by…
Scientists recently discovered that polar stratospheric clouds, long known to play an important role in Antarctic ozone destruction, are occurring…
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…
