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Mechanics Prep Global Hawk for HS3 Mission
Mechanics Prep Global Hawk for HS3 Mission

Northrop Grumman mechanic Steve Crowell (left) mounts the dropsonde dispensing tube in the underside of a NASA Global Hawk while…

Hurricane Isaac at Night
Hurricane Isaac at Night

Early on August 29, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi-NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of…

Montage: Neptune and Triton
Montage: Neptune and Triton

This computer generated montage shows Neptune as it would appear from a spacecraft approaching Triton, Neptune's largest moon. The wind…

Polar Vortex in Color
Polar Vortex in Color

The recently formed south polar vortex stands out in the color-swaddled atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in this natural…

ACE’s Place in Space
ACE’s Place in Space

NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) orbits a point between Earth and the sun called a Lagrange point, labeled here as…

Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test
Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test

(28 Aug. 2012) - A dart-shaped test vehicle that is used to simulate Orion's parachute compartment descends above the skies…

Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test
Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test

(28 Aug. 2012) - A dart-shaped test vehicle that is used to simulate Orion's parachute compartment descends above the skies…

Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test
Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test

(28 Aug. 2012) - A dart-shaped test vehicle that is used to simulate Orion's parachute compartment descends above the skies…

Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test
Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test

(28 Aug. 2012) - A dart-shaped test vehicle that is used to simulate Orion's parachute compartment descends above the skies…

Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test
Aug. 28, 2012, Orion Parachute Test

(28 Aug. 2012) - A dart-shaped test vehicle that is used to simulate Orion's parachute compartment descends above the skies…