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Simulating Weightlessness
Simulating Weightlessness

Scientists Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker and Mary Johnston (top to bottom) are shown undergoing training at the Marshall Space Flight…

Mars’ Shifting Sands
Mars’ Shifting Sands

As spring now dawns on the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, sand dunes near the pole, as pictured above, are beginning…

Saluting GlobalFlyer
Saluting GlobalFlyer

NASA Acting Administrator Fred Gregory, center, got a close up look at the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer after its landing in…

Young Stars
Young Stars

This view of one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in…

Clementine Observes the Moon, Solar Corona, and Venus
Clementine Observes the Moon, Solar Corona, and Venus

In 1994, during its flight, the Clementine spacecraft returned images of the Moon. In addition to the geologic mapping cameras,…

Northern Arizona Volcanoes
Northern Arizona Volcanoes

Northern Arizona is best known for the Grand Canyon. Less widely known are the hundreds of geologically young volcanoes, at…

Evidence of Ancient Martian Rivers
Evidence of Ancient Martian Rivers

This picture from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor could help settle a decades-long debate about whether the planet had long-lasting rivers…

Echoes from the Edge
Echoes from the Edge

Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…

Robotic Arm Bested by High Schooler
Robotic Arm Bested by High Schooler

High school senior Panna Felsen arm wrestles an artificial arm built by a group of students at Virginia Tech. It's…

Cayo Largo del Sur
Cayo Largo del Sur

Cuba's island Cayo Largo del Sur is seen from the International Space Station in November 2005. No more than 15.5…