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Apollo 17, Final Lunar Landing Mission, Lands on the Moon — Dec. 11, 1972
Apollo 17, Final Lunar Landing Mission, Lands on the Moon — Dec. 11, 1972

This week in 1972, Apollo 17, the seventh and final lunar landing mission, landed in the Taurus-Littrow valley on the…

Dawn HAMO Image 73
Dawn HAMO Image 73

This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features a crater named Oxo, which is about 6 miles (9 kilometers) in diameter.

Lateral View of Occator
Lateral View of Occator

A group of scientists from NASA's Dawn mission suggests that when sunlight reaches Ceres' Occator Crater, a kind of thin…

Occator in False Color
Occator in False Color

This representation of Ceres' Occator Crater in false colors shows differences in the surface composition.

Occator Crater in Perspective
Occator Crater in Perspective

An image of Occator Crater draped over a digital terrain model provides a 3-D-like perspective view of the impact structure.

Venus From the International Space Station
Venus From the International Space Station

On Dec. 5, 2015, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this image from the International Space Station…

Aurora and Stars From the Space Station’s JEM Window
Aurora and Stars From the Space Station’s JEM Window

JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photograph from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) window on the International Space Station on…

Tim Kopra of NASA Tests His Vestibular System
Tim Kopra of NASA Tests His Vestibular System

Tim Kopra of NASA Tests His Vestibular System

Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony
Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony

Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony

Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony
Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony

Expedition 46-47 Crew Members and Traditional Tree-Planting Ceremony