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This Week in NASA History: Launch of ASTRO-1 – Dec. 2, 1990
This Week in NASA History: Launch of ASTRO-1 – Dec. 2, 1990

This week in 1990, space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-35, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying Astronomy Laboratory 1 in…

Carina Nebula’s ‘Mystic Mountain’
Carina Nebula’s ‘Mystic Mountain’

Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.”

TigerShark Flight and Landing
TigerShark Flight and Landing

The TigerShark unmanned aircraft by Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation flew over the skies at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center for…

TigerShark Flight and Landing
TigerShark Flight and Landing

The TigerShark unmanned aircraft by Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation flew over the skies at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center for…

Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the space station
Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the space station

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the International Space Station during the third spacewalk to upgrade the Alpha Magnetic…

Astronaut Andrew Morgan displays his Army pride during a spacewalk
Astronaut Andrew Morgan displays his Army pride during a spacewalk

NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Colonel Andrew Morgan displays his Army pride ahead of the Army versus Navy football game…

Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the space station
Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the space station

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the International Space Station with the Earth 250 miles below during the third…

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a cosmic particle detector attached to the International Space Station’s Starboard Truss-3 structure.

Astronaut Luca Parmitano rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm
Astronaut Luca Parmitano rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano rides on the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm.