For astronomers, it's always been a source of frustration that the nearest white dwarf star is buried in the glow…
ISS029-E-033629 (29 Oct. 2011) -- The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…
ISS029-E-033601 (29 Oct. 2011) -- The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…
The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 29,…
Vivid orange streamers of super-hot, electrically charged gas (plasma) arc from the surface of the Sun, revealing the structure of…
This image, which combines orbital imagery with 3-D modeling, shows flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope…
Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd (center) is flanked by Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko (right) and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev (left)…
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians make preparations to enclose NASA's Mars…
The Delta II rocket with it's NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload is seen as the service structure is rolled…
On Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, an arc of light illuminates the pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as…