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NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Pollution from Intense Fires in Southern Western Australia
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Pollution from Intense Fires in Southern Western Australia

Bushfires located in southern Western Australia triggered smoke alerts and generated aerosols that were detected by NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite.

Pegasus Work Nears Completion
Pegasus Work Nears Completion

Seen here is the Pegaus barge at Conrad Shipyard near Morgan City, Louisiana. NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and NASA representatives…

Apollo 14 Touches Down on the Moon
Apollo 14 Touches Down on the Moon

On Feb. 5. 1971, the Apollo 14 crew landed on the moon. The crew members were Captain Alan Bartlett Shepard,…

A New Era for Aviation
A New Era for Aviation

NASA Aeronautics is taking off on a journey to jumpstart a new era in aviation. We’re focusing our research in…

A Milky Way ‘Mixer’ Amongst the Stars
A Milky Way ‘Mixer’ Amongst the Stars

A festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a mishmash of gas, charged particles and several types of dust.

Milky Way Untangled
Milky Way Untangled

A new, dynamic portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a frenzy of gas, charged particles and dust.

Polarized Dust Lights Up Milky Way
Polarized Dust Lights Up Milky Way

Our Milky Way galaxy is ablaze with dust in this new all-sky map from Planck, a European Space Agency mission…

Universal Matter
Universal Matter

Matter lying between Earth and the edge of the observable universe is shown in this all-sky map from Planck, a…

Mercury Astronauts John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard
Mercury Astronauts John Glenn, Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard

Mercury astronauts John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by the Redstone rocket in…