On December 3, 2002, people in Australia received a rare 32-second celestial show as the moon completely obscured the sun,…
The upper-left of these images shows the passing, or transit, of the Martian moon Deimos across the sun. This event…
This transit of the moon across the sun on Feb. 25, 2007, could not be seen from Earth. This sight…
NASA joined the world June 8, 2004, in viewing a rare celestial event, one not seen by any person now…
Two large science aircraft, a DC-8 flying laboratory and the SOFIA 747SP, are based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility…
The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the moon as it…
The GOES-10 satellite captured this image sequence on Feb. 26, 1998, during a solar eclipse. The images show the path…
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Astronaut Mike Fossum continues his duties during this the second of the STS-124 mission's three scheduled spacewalks. During the seven-hour,…
