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John Glenn in Orbit
John Glenn in Orbit

A camera onboard the "Friendship 7" Mercury spacecraft photographs astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his historic flight on February…

40 Years Ago This Week
40 Years Ago This Week

On February 8, 1974, Skylab’s final manned mission (Skylab 4) left behind America’s first space station after a stay of…

Pushing the Limits of the Observable Universe
Pushing the Limits of the Observable Universe

This image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 was obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The zoomed image shows the…

Sochi, Russia Winter Olympic Sites (Mountain Cluster)
Sochi, Russia Winter Olympic Sites (Mountain Cluster)

The 2014 Winter Olympic ski runs may be rated double black diamond, but they're not quite as steep as they…

Bright ‘Evening Star’ Seen from Mars is Earth
Bright ‘Evening Star’ Seen from Mars is Earth

This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes Earth as the brightest…

Crescent Moon Rising and Earth’s Atmosphere
Crescent Moon Rising and Earth’s Atmosphere

On Feb. 1, 2014, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata tweeted this view of a crescent moon rising and…

A New Look at an Old Friend
A New Look at an Old Friend

Chandra takes a new look at galaxy Centaurus A., 12 million miles from Earth.

Getting Ready to Test
Getting Ready to Test

Crews at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center prepare the adapter for testing.

Structural Loads Test Readies for Pressure
Structural Loads Test Readies for Pressure

For the structural loads test, the adapter was attached with lines running in different directions on the hardware.

Orion Stage Adapter Aces Structural Loads Testing
Orion Stage Adapter Aces Structural Loads Testing

The test article stage adapter is lowered into a test stand in the East Test Area at NASA's Marshall Space…