In this photo from 2006, a mother osprey watches over her chicks in a nest near the NASA News Center…
A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. A contrail from an alien spaceship? A jet from a…
An adult bald eagle rests near a pond at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Natural fishermen, bald eagles live near large…
This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) in the late afternoon of the 30th…
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history, becoming the first American woman to go space. In this image, Ride…
Visitors to the National Mall get an up close and personal view of the space shuttle's main engine thanks to…
The 42nd Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., held in summer 2008, showcases the role…
Nils Larson from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center shows a high altitude pressure suit, complete with whiffle ball on the…
Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, tested the a 21-foot wingspan 8.5 percent scale prototype of a…
Reminiscent of a fireworks celebration, this Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to fireworks…
