Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a…
In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12,…
Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 and 1967 to map the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. All…
The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis following its capture on Wednesday,…
STS-125 mission specialist Michael Good is busy on Atlantis' middeck during his second day in space. The mission promises to…
The launch of space shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is viewed from…
NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach shows his lucky silver bullet while in firing room #4 of the NASA Kennedy…
Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center…
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope.…
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,…