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Discovery Aglow
Discovery Aglow

A nearly full moon sets as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center…

The USNS Wally Schirra
The USNS Wally Schirra

A new Navy supply ship, dedicated to Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronaut Wally Schirra, was launched into San Diego Bay…

Kepler Lifts Off!
Kepler Lifts Off!

The spectacular nighttime launch of a Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft lifted off on time at 10:49…

Kepler Mission Star Field
Kepler Mission Star Field

Kepler Mission Star Field

Kepler’s Launch
Kepler’s Launch

Liftoff of the Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler spacecraft.

Deriba Caldera
Deriba Caldera

Deriba Caldera, a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, is a geologically…

Liftoff of Kepler: On a Search for Exoplanets in Some Way Like Our Own
Liftoff of Kepler: On a Search for Exoplanets in Some Way Like Our Own

On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket carrying NASA's…

First Pictures of Earth From 100 Miles in Space, 1947
First Pictures of Earth From 100 Miles in Space, 1947

On March 7, 1947, not long after the end of World War II and years before Sputnik ushered in the…

Delta Soars
Delta Soars

Delta Soars

Ready to Roar
Ready to Roar

Ready to Roar