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A Week of Work on the Hubble Telescope
A Week of Work on the Hubble Telescope

Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a…

Transiting the Sun
Transiting the Sun

In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12,…

The Road to Apollo – Preparing a Lunar Orbiter
The Road to Apollo – Preparing a Lunar Orbiter

Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 and 1967 to map the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. All…

Hubble in the Cargo Bay of Shuttle Atlantis
Hubble in the Cargo Bay of Shuttle Atlantis

The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis following its capture on Wednesday,…

At Work in Space
At Work in Space

STS-125 mission specialist Michael Good is busy on Atlantis' middeck during his second day in space. The mission promises to…

Launch Day
Launch Day

The launch of space shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is viewed from…

Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet

NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach shows his lucky silver bullet while in firing room #4 of the NASA Kennedy…

Atlantis Lifts Off!
Atlantis Lifts Off!

Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center…

Pretty as a Picture
Pretty as a Picture

The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope.…

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center
National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center

The record-setting AeroVironment/NASA Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing was enshrined in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly,…