Astronauts Edward H. White II (left) and James A. McDivitt inside the Gemini IV spacecraft wait for liftoff. The objective…
Revealing the stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in…
Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are accustomed to seeing a lot of action in the skies overhead.…
Resembling a swirling witch's cauldron of glowing vapors, the black hole-powered core of the Circinus Galaxy lies 13 million light-years…
Marshall Space Flight Center scientist Ed West assembles the optical system of the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation (SUMI) telescope. SUMI…
December, 1962 - Official portrait photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth in…
Food, fuel and shelter: vegetation is one of the most important requirements for human populations around the world. Satellites monitor…
Technicians installing the tertiary mirror onto the SOFIA telescope.
I Zwicky 18's youthful appearance, resembling that of galaxies typically found only in the early universe, belies its true age.…
Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of…
