NASA mourns the loss of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who rocketed into space in his Faith 7 capsule on May…
Astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr., Gemini 5 pilot, sits in the Gemini Static Article 5 spacecraft and prepares to be…
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery…
As smoke billows across Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Endeavour climbs into the sky on mission STS-118, the 22nd shuttle…
As NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft drew closer to Mercury for its historic first flyby, the spacecraft acquired this image showing a…
This artist’s impression shows how the Arches star cluster appears from deep inside the hub of our Milky Way Galaxy.…
The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour lit up the sky at sunset as it lifted off on time at 6:36…
The STS-118 crew recently took a break from traing to pose for their official portrait. Pictured from the left are…
Ripples on the wind create intricate wave patterns in a thick plume of dust over Egypt (right) and Libya (left),…
Clouds and sunlight over the Indian Ocean, as seen from Discovery during the STS-96 mission in 1999.
