Image of the DayTechnicians from Ball Aerospace inspected the honeycomb structure of the Kepler Space Telescope's primary mirror. The mirror has been 86%...In 19 years of observations, the Hubble Space Telescope has amassed a huge archive of data-an archive that may contain...The boosters of the Soyuz rocket that transported Expedition 19 to the space station are shown here as the Soyuz...Spectators gather around a mock-up of the Orion capsule that will carry astronauts back to the moon. The capsule is...With the aid of a drogue chute, space shuttle Discovery slows to a stop on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy...Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, completing the 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey on the STS-119...The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009, carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady...Suspended in space and backdropped by the blackness of space and the jewel-like blue of Earth sits the International Space...President Barack Obama is joined by members of Congress, including former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson, right, and school children as...The crescent moon rises in the early morning shortly before the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad...Astronauts Steve Swanson and Joseph Acaba (out of frame) prepared a worksite so the STS-127 spacewalkers can more easily change...During the STS-119 mission's first spacewalk, astronauts Richard Arnold and Steve Swanson (out of frame) connected bolts to permanently attach...This overhead view of Discovery's crew cabin, as well as part of its payload bay and docking system, was taken...A blended wing body aircraft model used for testing in a wind tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center now flies...Observers returning from Mexico witnessed space shuttle Discovery as it lifted off on its way to the International Space on...Flight directors Richard Jones (left), Norm Knight and Tony Ceccacci monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight...The waters of Cape Canaveral captured the reflection of space shuttle Discovery as it lifted off on the STS-119 mission...Space shuttle Discovery lit up the sky at sunset as it roared off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space...The Expedition 18 crew photographed the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Tuesday, March 10,...These color-enhanced views of Deimos, the smaller of the two moons of Mars, were taken on Feb. 21, 2009, by...A nearly full moon sets as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center...A new Navy supply ship, dedicated to Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronaut Wally Schirra, was launched into San Diego Bay...The spectacular nighttime launch of a Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft lifted off on time at 10:49...Deriba Caldera, a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, is a geologically...On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket carrying NASA's...On March 7, 1947, not long after the end of World War II and years before Sputnik ushered in the...If you're heading through America's Sunbelt this week, you might look out your car window to see driving alongside you...Students compete in the Washington, DC regional FIRST Robotics Competition at the Washington, DC Convention Center, Saturday Feb., 28, 2009....Astronaut John Phillips (foreground), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and astronaut Richard Arnold, all STS-119 mission specialists,...This first of its kind three-dimensional picture of Mars' north pole, taken in 1999, enables scientists to estimate the volume...Soaring like a bird above the Sierra Nevada snowscape, a NASA ER-2 high-altitude Earth science aircraft banks during flight. NASA's...The comet Lulin (center-right) is seen through the trees from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Lulin,...Technicians are installing ion engine #1 in the High Vacuum Tank in the Electric Propulsion Research Building in this image...John L. "Jack" Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, which launched on April 11,...In 1609, Galileo improved the newly invented telescope, turned it toward the heavens, and revolutionized our view of the universe....The honeycombed, screened center of this open-circuit air intake for Langley's first wind tunnel insured a steady, nonturbulent flow of...The launch of the first artificial satellite by the then Soviet Union in 1957 marked the beginning of the utilization...The Space Power Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, houses the world's largest vacuum...Gamma-ray flares from SGR J1550-5418 may have arisen when the magnetar's surface suddenly cracked, releasing energy stored within its powerful...Expedition 18 commander Michael Fincke prepared to take a picture of his helmet visor with a digital camera during a...
