On June 3, 1965, Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go,…
The lowest spot on land, the Dead Sea depression sinks 400 meters (1,300 feet) below sea level. River beds known…
Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit, awaits a…
Saturn's B and C rings shine in diffuse, scattered light as the Cassini spacecraft looks on the planet's night side.…
This time exposure of the Southern Lights was photographed with a 35mm camera from 115 nautical miles above Earth by…
The surface of the moon is reflected in the command and service module as it prepares to rendezvous with the…
Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission participate in training at the Kennedy Space…
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., command pilot of the Gemini V spacecraft, is hoisted into a recovery helicopter after the…
Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. And, although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with 24…
Skylab 4 commander Gerald Carr jokingly demonstrates weight training in zero gravity as he balances fellow astronaut William Pogue, the…
