This image, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, shows distinct bands of alternating tone and brightness…
The backplane of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope looks like the springs in a mattress.
Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn enters the Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. EST, he lifted off…
On June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, setting himself…
A collaboration of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA, SciSAT-1 measures the chemical and dynamic processes that control the…
Jet Propulsion Laboratory technicians make final preparations and begin closing the metal "petals" of the Mars Pathfinder lander.
This image, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, shows a mesa within the "Murray Buttes" area…
A swept Martian rock called "Bonanza King" can be seen in this image take by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover.
Test technicians at ATK's facility in Promontory, Utah, examine the booster aft skirt, which is set up for final validation…
This image, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, shows the transition between the "Murray Formation."
