Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene A. Cernan makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part…
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured this dramatic image of mountains on Jupiter’s moon Io in February 2000. The image was taken…
This 1961 prototype of an inflatable space station concept with a solar power system collector was 24 feet in diameter…
In the distance stand the east hills, which are closest to the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in comparison to other…
Named for its resemblance to a coiling spiral seen face on, the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a challenging stargazing…
Named for its resemblance to a coiling spiral seen face on, the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a challenging stargazing…
In this, her second venture into space, STS-31 mission specialist Kathryn Sullivan posed for this photograph as she prepared for…
Nine days before it entered orbit, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this exquisite natural color view of Saturn’s rings. The images…
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, center in white, and other NASA managers give a thumbs up to the crew of the…
This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Rosette Nebula, a pretty star-forming region more than 5,000 light-years…
