
This image from the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a dark spot (at center…

From an astronaut's point of view in Earth orbit, it would be difficult to miss the Mississippi River as it…

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 800mm lens to record a still…

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) packs experimental gear, including the Marangoni Inside (MI)…

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 39 flight engineer, works with NanoRacks hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace…

In the European Space Agency's Columbus module, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA prepares to access a tool box designated…

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this still image of the Aurora Australis…

Inside the Unity node less than an hour before hatch closure on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft, the Expedition 39 crew…

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency waves good bye as one of the three remaining…

The three departing Expedition 39 crew members are seen just before hatch closing that separates the trio from the remaining…