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This almost full Moon shining in the eastern night sky was photographed on June 12, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Aircraft and Aeronautics

Neil Armstrong with X-15 #1 After Flight

NASA’s Contribution to Aeronautics (2012) Volume 1

This first volume includes case studies and essays on research on high-speed wing design, hypersonic design and environmentally friendly aircraft technology.

Checkflight for Aerodynamic Characteristics of SR-71 LASRE

NASA’s Contribution to Aeronautics (2012) Volume 2

The second volume covers contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight operations, human factors and wind tunnels.

Astronomy and Planetary Exploration

voyager_spacecraft

Beyond Earth, A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration (Sept. 2018)

Our attempts to send robotic travelers beyond Earth orbit, to the Moon, to other planets and their moons, to the Sun, to comets, to minor planets, to dwarf planets, and ultimately beyond the solar system.

The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space in this picture, taken after Hubble second servicing mission in 1997.

Hubble Focus: Galaxies Through Space and Time (Aug. 2019)

Hubble’s recent discoveries about galaxies — the homes of stars, nebulas and planets — from our own Milky Way to the most distant galaxies ever seen.

Titan with Saturn in background.

The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini (Sept. 2017)

Over a period of 13 years, our Cassini mission captured about 450,000 spectacular images of Saturn and its moons, providing new views of the “lord of the rings” and a plethora of iconic images.

Earth Science

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of cloud

Earth (Feb. 2019)

A photo-essay from NASA’s Earth Science Division. We hope you enjoy these satellite views of Earth. It is your planet. It is NASA’s mission.

Algerian Sand Sea

Earth as Art (2012)

A collection of Earth images that go beyond science into pure aesthetics.

Nighttime satellite image of Earth showing North and South America

Earth at Night (Dec. 2019)

How humans and natural phenomena light up the darkness, and how and why scientists have observed Earth’s nightlights for more than four decades using both their own eyes and spaceborne instruments.

Behold one of the more stunningly detailed images of the Earth yet created. This Blue Marble Earth montage, created from photographs taken by the VIIRS instrument on board the Suomi NPP satellite, shows many stunning details of our home planet.

Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight (March 2016)

A series of in-depth studies on the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part of a larger need to understand the relationships between science, technology, and society.

Artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space

Beyond Earth (2018)

How NASA has explored deep space over the years. 

Hubble 25th Anniversary (2015)

A look back at the first quarter-century of the famous telescope.