What do auroras look like from space? From the ground, auroras dance high above clouds, frequently causing spectacular displays. The…
This 1964 photograph shows a full scale model of the HL-10 lifting body mounted in the Full Scale Tunnel at…
Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, took this self-portrait . The mission specialist had just unstowed the forward Solar…
This artist's rendering is of the Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft is slated to return on January…
What kind of cloud is that? It's the drifting smoke plume that resulted from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis.…
It was "installation day" on the International Space Station. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews worked on attaching the P3/P4…
The recently active volcano Mt. Manaro is the dominant feature in this shaded relief image of Ambae Island, part of…
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope observed a fledgling solar system, like the one depicted in this artist's concept, and discovered deep…
Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned spacewalk or extravehicular activity (EVA) on Aug. 15,…
In this computer-generated representation, a space shuttle is docked to a completed and fully operational International Space Station (ISS). The…
