This false color image of Saturn's moon Mimas reveals variation in the composition and texture across its surface. During its…
Awkward and angular looking, Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger was designed for flight in the vacuum of space. This picture,…
This artist's concept shows a massive asteroid belt in orbit around a star the same age and size as our…
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured a glowing stellar nursery within a dark globule that reveals the birth of new protostars,…
In low Earth orbit there is not enough atmosphere to diffuse and scatter sunlight, so shadows are black and the…
Russian technicians work on the Zvezda Service Module shortly after it completed a pressurization test on Sept. 12 1997. The…
This 1958 scale model shows the Mercury capsule shape B design, indicating the position of the astronaut.
In 1966, technicians prepared to work on a solar mirror located in the Solar Collector Laboratory at the Lewis Research…
NASA was created on Oct. 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Dwight D.…
Inside the Spacelab Science Module, the crews of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 pose for the traditional inflight picture. An important…