Image of the DayNASA completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, an important milestone on the path...Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space.Cameras outside the International Space Station captured a stark and sobering view of Hurricane Florence the morning of Sept. 12...Bright surface features on the dwarf planet Ceres known as faculae were first discovered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015.Over a mere four days this summer, snow from the previous winter melted into a pond of slush a glaciologist...A truck sprays water to reduce the dust as NASA's crawler-transporter 2 with the mobile launcher atop moves slowly along,...Long, narrow clouds, known as ship tracks, stood out against the backdrop of marine clouds blanketing much of the North...The little-known nebula IRAS 05437+2502 billows out among the bright stars and dark dust clouds that surround it.Guy Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, launched into space on shuttle Challenger's STS-8 mission thirty-five years ago, on August 30,...An expedition that will help NASA search for life in deep space launched today – not with a rocket’s roar,...Astronauts get to observe the Earth in all her beauty from aboard the International Space Station. A member of the...Striking atmospheric features in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere are captured in this series of color-enhanced images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.Even if the air looks clear, it is nearly certain that you will inhale millions of solid particles and liquid...The world is on fire. Or so it appears in this image from NASA's Worldview.NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold photographed a massive storm in the Pacific Ocean during a flyover from the International Space Station....One year ago on August 21, 2017, the continental United States experienced the first total solar eclipse in 99 years.Our cloud-covered planet is seen from aboard the International Space Station.Wishing legendary NASA flight director Gene Kranz the happiest of birthdays!NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) scientists used their computer models to generate a view of the Sun's magnetic field on...Ever wondered what auroras look like from space?The largest fire in California's history, the Mendocino Complex, is still spewing clouds of smoke across the state.A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe on a mission to touch the Sun,...Inside the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket payload fairing on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, the Parker Solar is...Who was Mary Ross? Another 'hidden figure,' a mathematician and engineer.On August 8, 1978, the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe spacecraft launched to study Venus, a planet that has an atmosphere 100...The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet and into a narrow inlet that leads into Prince William...The Earth, in all its majesty and its tragedy, is the subject of images taken aboard the International Space Station....The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made commercial spacecraft, to and from the International Space Station, wave after...NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tours the inside of the Orion test crew capsule, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 at NASA's Johnson...More than a dozen wildfires are burning in the state of California, with several of them threatening life and propertyThe International Space Station soars into a sunrise every 90 minutes, each and every day.July 26 is National Intern Day. See how far these two former interns at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come!Saturn is the solar system’s most photogenic planet, especially in this latest Hubble snapshot with the ring system near its...NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight Test-1 on Dec. 5, 2014, is seen after being uncovered in preparation for...On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.In July 2018, an iceberg weighing 11 million tons parked just offshore of Innaarsuit, a small island village in northwestern...Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history.NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has cleared the final procedures in the clean room before its move to the launch pad.NASA's satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and extend a spacecraft’s life.The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped...
