
Eighty years ago this week on June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic…

Doug Huie, research technician at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, carefully sets the NanoSail-D satellite on a specially constructed…

Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and Sally K. Ride display a "bag of worms" during the STS-41G mission in 1984.…

Astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum perform tasks during the STS-124's mission's third scheduled spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue…

Astronaut Ron Garan participates in the mission's second spacewalk. During the seven-hour, 11-minute spacewalk, Garan and fellow STS-124 astronaut Mike…

Space Shuttle Discovery touches down on runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, concluding the…

Backdropped by a sparkling blue and white Earth, Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson participated in the 100th spacewalk for…

The Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype is NASA's new concept for a lunar truck. Researchers are trying it out at Moses…

Astronaut Ron Garan works on assigned tasks during the last scheduled spacewalk of the STS-124 mission specialist. During the six-hour,…

One of a series of digital still images documenting the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, also called Kibo, in its…