
On Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, an arc of light illuminates the pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as…

Since July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of…

JSC2011-E-196321 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion MPCV ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test…

JSC2011-E-196320 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle…

NASA, space science industry and government officials are seen in front of a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space…

Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, were combined in this image…

NEEMO 15 Commander Shannon Walker (NASA) and fellow aquanaut David Saint-Jacques (Canadian Space Agency) use a small telescoping boom as…

Exploded view of the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, showing the instruments inside. Explorer I was launched January 31,…

An all-red aurora captured in Independence, Mo., on October 24, 2011. The coronal mass ejection (CME) that caused aurora to…

This artist's concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. Such stars are dimmer and smaller than…