Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars…
On Aug. 9, 2021, ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 4,967 miles (7,995 kilometers) of the surface of planet Venus.…
Technicians continue to prepare small satellites, called CubeSats, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their upcoming launch on…
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet sets up a cinematic virtual reality (VR) camera to film station activities.
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide pokes his head out from behind racks while working on maintenance tasks.
Astronaut Megan McArthur works on orbital plumbing tasks inside the Tranquility module.
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough checks Hatch chile plants growing for the Advanced Plant Habitat-04 space botany investigation.
Astronaut Megan McArthur checks Hatch chile plants growing for the Advanced Plant Habitat-04 space botany investigation.
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11,…
This week in 1991, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-43, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following a successful eight-day mission.
