President Barack Obama is joined by members of Congress, including former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson, right, and school children as…
The crescent moon rises in the early morning shortly before the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad…
Astronauts Steve Swanson and Joseph Acaba (out of frame) prepared a worksite so the STS-127 spacewalkers can more easily change…
During the STS-119 mission's first spacewalk, astronauts Richard Arnold and Steve Swanson (out of frame) connected bolts to permanently attach…
A crane lowers an EXPRESS Logistics Carrier onto a stand
This overhead view of Discovery's crew cabin, as well as part of its payload bay and docking system, was taken…
A blended wing body aircraft model used for testing in a wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center now flies…
Observers returning from Mexico witnessed space shuttle Discovery as it lifted off on its way to the International Space on…
Flight directors Richard Jones (left), Norm Knight and Tony Ceccacci monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight…
The waters of Cape Canaveral captured the reflection of space shuttle Discovery as it lifted off on the STS-119 mission…
