Image of the DayApurva Varia joined the Goddard Space Flight Center in 2002 as a propulsion engineer.Instrumentation technician Michael Hodgins performs installation measures on the trans-sonic truss-braced wing model at Langley Research Center’s 14x22 subsonic wind...This Mastcam-Z image shows a sample of Mars rock inside the sample tube on Sept. 1, 2021 – the 190th...In this image from Aug, 30, 2021, the SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle approaches the International Space Station.Johanna Lucht, who was born deaf, never thought she would work for NASA.Taken on Aug. 29, 2021, this image shows Hurricane Ida shows as a category 4 storm.The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), located 210,000 light-years away, is one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions...Contamination control engineers in a clean room at the Goddard Space Flight Center evaluate a propellant tank before it is...On Women’s Equality Day, NASA celebrates the women who are breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations.The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts and support personnel participate in water survival training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.Space Station Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency checked the fit of his U.S. spacesuit.The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above the southeast coast of Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean into an...Gene Roddenberry would have been 100 years old on Aug. 19, 2021, and we at NASA celebrate his legacy.Galaxies and dark matter go together like peanut butter and jelly. Rarely is one without the other.In this image, a NASA Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket was launched to study a very fundamental problem in...Nestled among the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own...This image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth's atmosphere.Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars...In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11,...Northrop Grumman’s 16th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slated to launch Aug. 10, 2021.Happy #NationalBookLoversDay!This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s...In this self-portrait from 2018, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover sits atop Vera Rubin Ridge, which the rover had been investigating.An army marches on its stomach, the saying goes, and astronauts fly on theirs.A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights on Monday, Aug. 2,...A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out...Apollo 15 Commander David Scott drives the lunar roving vehicle on the surface of the Moon, the first time the...On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and SDO all stared at our Sun.From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark...The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.This image from May 11, 1971, is a high angle view showing the Apollo 15 spacecraft on the way from...Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars....Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at...On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot...This dramatic image from January 2006 offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of...This artist's illustration shows the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.On July 4, 2016, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant planet’s...This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program...The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the International Space Station after it undocked from the Harmony module.Two enormous galaxies capture your attention in this spectacular image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide...
