The Delta II rocket that carried the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit sat ready for launch at Kennedy Space Center in…
Planetary nebula NGC 2440 has an intriguing bow-tie shape in this stunning view from space. The nebula is composed of…
This montage of images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, was taken by the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby in…
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the updated International Space Station is seen from Discovery as the…
Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic image of the energetic star WR124, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals…
A promontory nicknamed Cape Verde can be seen jutting out from the walls of Victoria Crater in this false-color image…
Interior view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM) showing the "mail box," a jury-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13…
Visible through a window on Endeavour's aft flight deck, astronaut Rick Linnehan participates in the mission's third scheduled spacewalk. During…
"The world changed today. What I say or do is very minor compared to the significance of what happened to…
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center test a model of the Shooting Star Experiment (SSE), designed to develop and…
