Pictured is a composite image combining many short exposures. Visible in the image are the tail of the airplane reflecting…
Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), these seven women who once aspired…
Waves of clouds along the east flanks of the Andes Mountains cast off an orange glow by the low angle…
Bright scars on a darker surface testify to a long history of impacts on Jupiter's moon Callisto in this image…
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera would make a great backyard telescope for viewing Mars, and we can…
Diversity of Life possible on other planets
One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over…
Larry Hudson and James Smith worked on a ground validation test with new fiber optic sensors that led to validation…
A dramatic new Chandra image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A provides one of the best views to date of…
In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space as it climbed to an altitude of 393…
