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Giant Holes Seen in Venus’ Ionosphere
Giant Holes Seen in Venus’ Ionosphere

New research shows a glimpse of giant holes in the electrically charged layer of the Venusian atmosphere, called the ionosphere.

Underway Recovery Test 4A
Underway Recovery Test 4A

Sept. 11, 2014 - At Naval Base San Diego in California, a crane lifts the Orion boilerplate test vehicle out…

Expedition 40 Soyuz TMA-12M Landing
Expedition 40 Soyuz TMA-12M Landing

Ground support personnel are seen at the landing site after the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft landed with Expedition 40 Commander Steve…

NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Returns to Earth
NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Returns to Earth

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA rests in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and…

Cosmonauts Participate in Food Tasting Session
Cosmonauts Participate in Food Tasting Session

Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov (left), Expedition 45/46 flight engineer; and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Expedition 42/43 flight engineer, participate in…

Map of Lower Mount Sharp
Map of Lower Mount Sharp

This is a map of lower Mount Sharp on Mars.

Slopes of Mount Sharp
Slopes of Mount Sharp

This topography map shows a portion of the Gale Crater region on Mars, where NASA's Mars Curiosity rover landed on…

Curiosity Marches Onward and Upward
Curiosity Marches Onward and Upward

This image from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shows the "Amargosa Valley," on the slopes leading up to Mount Sharp on…

Curiosity’s Next Steps
Curiosity’s Next Steps

The route of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover up the slopes of Mount Sharp on Mars is indicated in yellow in…

Martian Layers Thicker on Top
Martian Layers Thicker on Top

This portion of a color mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shows strata exposed along the margins of the…