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Antarctica’s Shackleton Range
Antarctica’s Shackleton Range

The mountains of Antarctica's Shackleton Range seen during IceBridge's survey of Recovery Glacier on Oct. 25, 2014.

Launch of SA-1
Launch of SA-1

On October 27, 1961, the SA-1 mission was launched for Cape Canaveral, Florida, testing the S-1 stage propulsion, verifying the…

Huge Sunspot Release M7.1 and M6.7 Class Flares
Huge Sunspot Release M7.1 and M6.7 Class Flares

The flares keep coming as huge sunspot AR2192 releases M7.1 and M6.7 Class solar flares 10 hours apart on Oct…

Sun Release X2.0-Class Flare on Oct. 27, 2014
Sun Release X2.0-Class Flare on Oct. 27, 2014

SDO captured this image of an X2.0-class solar flare bursting off the lower right side of the sun on Oct.…

Orbital Antares Rocket at the Launch Pad
Orbital Antares Rocket at the Launch Pad

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014,…

Sunspot AR2192 Release X2.0-Class Solar Flare on Oct. 26, 2014
Sunspot AR2192 Release X2.0-Class Solar Flare on Oct. 26, 2014

Huge sunspot AR2192 releases an X2.0 class solar flare on Oct. 26, 2014. This was the third X-class flare in…

Antares Rocket at Sunrise
Antares Rocket at Sunrise

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A during sunrise, Sunday, Oct.…

Sun Releases X1.0 class solar flare on Oct. 25, 2014.
Sun Releases X1.0 class solar flare on Oct. 25, 2014.

SDO captured this X1.0 class solar flare, peaking at 1:08pm EDT on Oct. 25, 2014.

F-16 XL-1
F-16 XL-1

NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew two prototype F-16XL aircraft in a variety of aeronautical research projects in the early…

Orb-3 Fairing Installed
Orb-3 Fairing Installed

The Orb-3 mission’s payload fairing (essentially the casing around the spacecraft) was installed on Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket the…