This image of distant interacting galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142, bears an uncanny resemblance to a penguin guarding an…
This week in 1995, STS-63 launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Atlas V Lifted for GOES-S
NASA’s 60th Anniversary of Earth Observations with Explorer 1 and ER-2
In the earliest days of space exploration, most calculations for early space missions were done by “human computers,” and most…
The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at…
Astronaut Scott Tingle works on a U.S. spacesuit inside the Quest airlock.
Astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency tries on a pair of spacesuit sleeves inside the Quest airlock.
The quick-deploy SOS attended the American Astronomical Society meeting from January 8-12.
The quick-deploy SOS attended the American Astronomical Society meeting from January 8-12.