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GRAIL on the Pad
GRAIL on the Pad

NASA's GRAIL twin spacecraft await launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…

Sunspot 1283 Bristling With Flares
Sunspot 1283 Bristling With Flares

A third solar flare and coronal mass ejection has erupted from sunspot 1283. The third came on September 7 at…

Tower Rollback
Tower Rollback

At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will…

Tower Rollback
Tower Rollback

During mobile service tower rollback activities, spotlights at Space Launch Complex 17B create a mesh of shadows across the Delta…

Flags for Heroes and Families
Flags for Heroes and Families

Astronauts Mark E. Kelly (left), STS-108 pilot, and Daniel M. Tani, mission specialist, hold a bag of several American flags…

Aftermath of World Trade Center Attack
Aftermath of World Trade Center Attack

This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12,…

Tragedy in New York City
Tragedy in New York City

This image from NASA's Terra satellite shows a large plume of smoke streaming southward from the remnants of the burning…

New York City on September 11, 2001
New York City on September 11, 2001

Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the…

The Moon’s North Pole
The Moon’s North Pole

The Earth's moon has been an endless source of fascination for humanity for thousands of years. When at last Apollo…

Preparing GRAIL for Launch
Preparing GRAIL for Launch

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida, these spacecraft technicians may be the last persons…