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On Solid Ground
On Solid Ground

Landing and recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks on spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, Expedition 14 flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin and…

Suni’s Reflection
Suni’s Reflection

Expedition 14 flight engineer Suni Williams uses a digital still camera to expose a photo of her helmet visor during…

Simulated Van Allen Belts
Simulated Van Allen Belts

In this 1966 photo, a plasma thruster at NASA's Lewis Research Center simulates Van Allen Belts, rings of radiation around…

Expedition 14 Back on Earth
Expedition 14 Back on Earth

Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi landed safely southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan…

Pathfinder and Sojourner: 10 Years Later
Pathfinder and Sojourner: 10 Years Later

On July 4, 1997, Americans got more than a fireworks show, with NASA's first successful trip back to the surface…

Gemstones in the Southern Sky
Gemstones in the Southern Sky

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 (top)…

Taking AIM at Mysterious Clouds
Taking AIM at Mysterious Clouds

A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence of mysterious shiny polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.…

Weightless Wonders
Weightless Wonders

A trio of astronauts from the Return to Flight crew train for their flight by floating in NASA's famed KC-135…

Dynamic Test Chamber
Dynamic Test Chamber

NASA's International Sun-Earth Explorer C (ISEE C) was undergoing testing and evaluation inside Goddard's dynamic test chamber when this photo…

Galaxies of All Shapes and Sizes
Galaxies of All Shapes and Sizes

This artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with plump middles, or central…