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Sarychev Volcano
Sarychev Volcano

A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia's Kuril Islands,…

Neptune’s Moon Triton
Neptune’s Moon Triton

The Voyager 2 spacecraft took this color photo of Neptune's moon Triton on Aug. 24 1989, at a range of…

Sondrestrom Glacier a River of Ice
Sondrestrom Glacier a River of Ice

This photo of the Sondrestrom glacier in Greenland was taken from a window on NASA's Gulfstream C-20A.

NASA Gives California’s San Andreas Fault a 3-D Closeup
NASA Gives California’s San Andreas Fault a 3-D Closeup

This image showing a portion of the San Andreas Fault along the San Francisco Peninsula was taken by the UAVSAR…

Greenland by Air
Greenland by Air

This photo of the Sondrestrom Glacier in Greenland was taken from a window on NASA's Gulfstream III environmental research aircraft…

Solar Eclipse Seen in Baja California
Solar Eclipse Seen in Baja California

This photo mosaic shows a view of the sun from Baja California during an eclipse on July 11, 1991, with…

Across Resplendent Rings
Across Resplendent Rings

The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas dips onto the planet's rings and straddles the Cassini Division in this natural color…

Crew Impact Attenuation Testing
Crew Impact Attenuation Testing

A successful test of the Orion crew module's energy absorbing strut concept, was performed June 9, 2009, at the Landing…

The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River
The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River

In impact studies conducted in Hampton's Back River by NASA's Langley Research Center, astronauts practiced the dangerous maneuver of exiting…

Shooting for the Moon
Shooting for the Moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V…