
Three LEGO figurines representing the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei are shown here aboard the Juno…

A plaque dedicated to the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei can be seen here on NASA's Juno spacecraft.

Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft depends on our ability to reduce the level…

President Barack Obama looks at a photo presented to him while meeting with the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour…

In the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Atlas payload fairing enclosing the Juno spacecraft…

As dawn breaks at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, a crane is lowered over the nose…

A set of three craters, nicknamed "Snowman," are seen in this image of the northern hemisphere of Vesta. This image…

As dawn breaks at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, a crane is lowered over the nose…

This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale Crater shows layers of rock that preserve a record of environments…

The Space Shuttle Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through the Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in…