The blue lines superimposed over a Google Earth image of Iceland showed the tracks flown by NASA's Gulfstream C-20A science…
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of comet Holmes in March 2008, five months after the comet suddenly erupted…
This overhead view is of Atlantis atop a modified 747 as the craft flew over California's high desert. Atlantis and…
Why are many large craters on Mercury relatively smooth inside? Images from the MESSENGER spacecraft that flew by Mercury in…
This artist's concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. The planet, called VB 10b, was discovered using…
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is launched from an Atlas V rocket and headed towards the moon. LRO collected data…
The second South Pole TDRSS Relay 2 (SPTR-2) antenna became operational. SPTR-2 is visible to any first generation TDRS spacecraft…
This composite image shows a small region of the Chandra Deep Field North. The diffuse blue object near the center…
Space shuttle Atlantis is shown suspended from a sling in the Mate-DeMate Device at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center during…
Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their…
