ISS042E135484 (01/10/2015) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts flight engineer of Expedition 42 on the International Space Station tweeted this Caribbean…
201503250029hq (02/25/2015) --- The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen after is was rolled out by train to the launch pad…
The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen after is was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur…
William Borucki and NASA's Kepler Mission Team and presented with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's 2015 Current Achievement…
An astronaut, anchored to a foot restraint, prepares to investigate the asteroid boulder.
Once the boulder is secured, the Capture and Restraint System legs will provide a mechanical push off that will separate…
The Orion spacecraft with two crew inside approaches to dock with the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle .
The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle conducts one of the 1 km fly-bys that are used to characterize and image the asteroid…
The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle travels toward a stable orbit around the moon with the captured asteroid boulder. The vehicle’s solar…
An astronaut uses a covered chisel tool to extract a sample of the asteroid for return to Earth.
