Image of the DayThis week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.Our birthday wishes for Ringo Starr's 81st birthday are almost boundless.Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our...This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000...This 2004 image was produced by combining a dozen Chandra observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center...Today is International Asteroid Day!NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms.This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette...A cataclysmic cosmic collision takes center stage in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.In this June 2021 image, our Sun's glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 269...Spacewalkers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency worked to install new roll out...NASA Expedition 65 astronaut Shane Kimbrough is pictured during the Friday, June 18, 2021, spacewalk.On Monday, June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of liberation became known...In a series of flights between June 1-6, 2021, Stratodynamics Inc. launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider from a high-altitude balloon...When NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches around the Moon later this year, a suited manikin will be its passenger.Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs lower the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage – the largest...June 14 of each year is celebrated as Flag Day in the U.S.The beauty of our home planet is shown in this long exposure photograph, taken from the International Space Station.A partial solar eclipse is seen as the Sun rises behind the United States Capitol Building, Thursday, June 10, 2021,...One definition for goulash, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is mixture of heterogeneous elements, jumble. This 2017 image of Arp...In this view from aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, a pair of the International Space Station's main solar seemingly...NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei works on an investigation of how gravity affects immune response.Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, as shown in this image...NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks to the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June 2, 2021.When NASA digital strategist Andres Almeida joined Twitter in 2009, one of the first accounts he followed was NASA.This visualization of supercomputer data shows the X-ray glow of the inner accretion disc of a black hole.This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, in the constellation of Virgo.Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way...In just over a week, these tiny squids will head to space along with many other scientific experiments aboard SpaceX’s...Pauline Hwang is currently the Strategic Mission Manager for Mars 2020 Surface Operations.The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience is pictured shortly before undocking from the International Space Station's Harmony module.NASA conducted its fourth RS-25 single-engine hot fire test of the year on May 20, 2021, a continuation of its...NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei gets detailed views of his retina as part of regularly scheduled eye checks on the...The Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission team hopes to learn more about small-scale movements of ocean water such as...As an atmospheric scientist, Jie Gong explores ice clouds and other frozen precipitation like snow.In this March 2021 image, Flight Research Inc.’s Bell OH-58C Kiowa helicopter hovered over a helipad after completing an urban...This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the emission nebula NGC 2313.NASA’s X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits...Perseverance entry, descent, and landing lead Allen Chen, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover mission landing update.OSIRIS-REx bids farewell to Asteroid Bennu and begins its long journey home.
