The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, mission will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon to…
To prepare for the Apollo landings, five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were launched during 1966 and 1967 to gather detailed images…
The Issaouane Erg (sand sea), seen in this January 2005 photo from the International Space Station, is located in eastern…
On October 19, 2005, a rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base - the last Titan rocket. Carrying a…
This artist's concept shows delicate green crystals sprinkled throughout the core of a pair of colliding galaxies. The white spots…
Cassini's view of Saturn's icy moon Dione is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn's rings in…
NASA's X-43A research vehicle has screamed into the record books, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times…
Swirls of gas and dust reside in this ethereal-looking region of star formation seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This…
New York's Finger Lakes region is seen in this December 2004 image from the International Space Station. Shapes of the…
Dreamy colors ranging from pale rose to butterscotch to sapphire give this utterly inhospitable gas planet a romantic appeal. Shadows…
