Image of the DayThe Canadarm2 robotic arm with the Dextre robotic hand attached seemingly protrudes from the side of the International Space Station.In this image from December 2000, the Expedition One crew--the first to permanently inhabit the International Space Station--are about to...This image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP...Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.Houston, Texas is pictured from the International Space Station at an altitude of 257 miles.To make room for the latest cargo craft on Nov. 29, Progress 73 departed the station after undocking from the...Some of the most dramatic events in the universe occur when certain stars die — and explode catastrophically in the...European Space Agency astronaut and current International Space Station Commander Luca Parmitano and crewmate Andrew Morgan (out of frame) performed...Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.”Robots need a place to stay in space, too. NASA is attaching a “robot hotel” to the outside of the...Just after its close flyby of Jupiter on Nov. 3, 2019, NASA's Juno spacecraft caught this striking view of Jupiter's...Black holes are famous for ripping objects apart, including stars. But now, astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may...See what the holiday means to NASA’s Christina Koch, Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan aboard the International Space Station.Native American NASA Astronaut, John Herrington is pictured here with Lucasti and Caibiya Tsabetsaye in front of the NASA Artemis...Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the Starboard-3 truss segment work site during the second spacewalk to repair the International...For this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eye toward an emission-line galaxy called NGC 3749. It...Eddie Gonzales works to mentor Native American students and others in underserved communities.In the Phoenix constellation, astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are...Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, George Gorospe was taught by his parents to take pride in his Native...Station Commander Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency conducts repairs, while attached to the Canadarm during the first spacewalk...Many galaxies we see through telescopes such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the source of this beautiful image, look...Fifty years ago, on Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 launched at 11:22 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the...Powtawche Valerino is a guidance engineer who works for Aerodyne Industries at the NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the...The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, low center, as it transits across the face of the Sun, Monday, Nov....A student from Sinte Gleska University works to build a model rover for a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars.This week in 1967, the Apollo 4 mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.The U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it...Orson John helps prepare Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) for encapsulation in the United Launch Alliance Delta II...The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November...When astronaut John Herrington made his voyage to space aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-113 mission, he became the first Native...From the vantage point of space aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan captured this image of a...A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is seen as it rolls out to Pad-0A, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at NASA's Wallops...This view from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures colorful, intricate patterns in a jet stream region of Jupiter's northern hemisphere known...This image of star trails was compiled from time-lapse photography taken by NASA astronaut Christina Koch while onboard the International...Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare...The Medusa merger, was not always one entity, but two. An early galaxy consumed a smaller gas-rich system, throwing out...Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally mated the first of four RS-25 engines...Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress.NASA astronaut Christina Koch conducts her fourth spacewalk at the International Space Station with fellow NASA astronaut Jessica MeirIn 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object in the constellation Cassiopeia.
