Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on the STS-27 mission in December 2, 1988. The Shuttle takes about 8.5 minutes to…
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the “butterfly wing”- shaped nebula, NGC 2346. The nebula is about 2,000…
In this 1959 image, a technician checks the Mercury full-scale capsule model prior to testing at NASA Langley Research Center,…
Flooding the night sky with its blazing light, Space Shuttle Discovery leaps toward the sky from Launch Pad 39B on…
Astronaut Gus Grissom climbs into “Liberty Bell 7” spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John…
Light emitted by a planet far beyond our Solar System has been identified for the first time. The planet, illustrated…
The Earth’s horizon and the Shuttle Discovery are reflected in a spacewalking astronaut’s visor during the STS-103 mission in December…
Astronaut Carlos I. Noriega, mission specialist, waves toward his space walk partner, astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, as Tanner snaps a…
When the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed into orbit aboard the Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990, the world of astronomy…
Space Shuttle Discovery is bathed in light on Launch Pad 39B. Seen above the external tank is the vent hood…
