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Mars Express Orbiter
Mars Express Orbiter

A European Space Agency (ESA) mission, Mars Express Orbiter’s goal is to examine the possibilities for past or present life…

APOD: 2014 July 19 – Alicante Beach Moonrise
APOD: 2014 July 19 – Alicante Beach Moonrise

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2014 July 19 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss  …

Mars Odyssey
Mars Odyssey

Mars Odyssey was built to determine the composition of Mars, detect water and ice close to the surface, and study…

100,000 A Day
100,000 A Day

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is poised to take the next giant leap in tracking climate-changing carbon dioxide with 100,000 measurements…

World’s Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool Will Build Core Stage of NASA’s Space Launch System
World’s Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool Will Build Core Stage of NASA’s Space Launch System

A 170-foot powerhouse -- the Vertical Assembly Center -- will soon be ready to build the core stage of NASA's…

First Footprints On Another World
First Footprints On Another World

One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint from the Apollo…

Astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral
Astronaut John Glenn at Cape Canaveral

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., wearing a Mercury pressure suit, is photographed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during preflight training activities…

APOD: 2014 July 18 – Ou4: A Giant Squid Nebula
APOD: 2014 July 18 – Ou4: A Giant Squid Nebula

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2014 July 18 – Ou4: A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About…

Rotation and Shape of Rosetta Mission’s Target Comet
Rotation and Shape of Rosetta Mission’s Target Comet

This animated sequence combines 36 interpolated images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, each separated by 20 minutes. This comet is the destination…

Rosetta Mission’s Destination: Comet 67P/Churnyumov-Gerasimenko
Rosetta Mission’s Destination: Comet 67P/Churnyumov-Gerasimenko

The OSIRIS instrument on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft photographed the mission's destination comet on July 14, 2014, from…