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A Stellar Nursery
A Stellar Nursery

Illuminated by the light of nearby stars, the nebula M-78 exhibits a ghostly appearance.

South Africa’s Atlantic Coast
South Africa’s Atlantic Coast

An Expedition 38 crew member aboard the International Space Station took this photograph showing a part of South Africa's Atlantic…

Engineers Inspect TDRS-L
Engineers Inspect TDRS-L

Engineers examine NASA's TDRS-L satellite after its rotation into place inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., for…

TDRS-L Satellite Unloaded
TDRS-L Satellite Unloaded

Workers unload NASA's TDRS-L satellite from the hold of a C-17 transport aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's…

Final Touches for Glenn’s Shuttle Flight
Final Touches for Glenn’s Shuttle Flight

U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), gets help with final touches of the donning of his partial-pressure launch and…

John Glenn’s Shuttle Flight
John Glenn’s Shuttle Flight

In the launch pad's White Room, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., U.S. Senator from Ohio, has his flight…

The Hathaway Team
The Hathaway Team

Researchers have confirmed the existence of giant convection cells flowing slowly on the sun, lending further insight into the origin…

Giant Cells
Giant Cells

Data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals giant cells on the sun with convective…

Orion Heat Shield Transported Aboard Super Guppy Plane
Orion Heat Shield Transported Aboard Super Guppy Plane

The heat shield for NASA's Orion spacecraft was loaded onto a Super Guppy plane in Manchester, N.H. on Dec. 4,…

A New Star Down Under
A New Star Down Under

A bright nova in the constellation of Centaurus has become visible for a few days for observers in the Southern…