How tall are mountains on Jupiter’s moon Io? One way to find out is to view them at sunset. Tall…
This false-color view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rover’s 652…
This photograph taken on December 15, 1965 shows the Gemini 7 spacecraft as it was observed from the hatch window…
The photograph from 1959 shows the Project Mercury Altitude Wind Tunnel Gimbaling Rig. The Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility,…
Taken by the Viking 1 lander shortly after it touched down on Mars, this image is the first photograph ever…
In the turbulent era of 1960s Cold War confrontations, Moon race headlines, and war in southeast Asia, eight test pilots…
What did the first quasars look like? The nearest quasars are now known to be supermassive black holes in the…
This multiple exposure from 1967 shows a simulated landing of the Apollo Lunar Lander trainer at Langley’s Lunar Landing Research…
Through the combined efforts of JPL and the Army Ballistic Missile Ballistic Agency, Explorer 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.,…
On May 19, 2005, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the sun sank below the rim of…
