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The Air Up There
The Air Up There

This specially processed composite view reveals a tremendous amount of structure in the northern polar atmosphere of Titan. The hazes…

The Space Age Begins
The Space Age Begins

Fifty years ago today on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, humanity's first artificial satellite, thereby ushering in…

Mars Meteorite
Mars Meteorite

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite on Mars, the first meteorite of any type ever identified…

Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors

This 1987 image shows scientists testing a model aircraft in the Langley Research Center's Spin Tunnel. Some aircraft use parachutes…

Zero Gravity Facility, 1966
Zero Gravity Facility, 1966

This photograph from 1966 shows the Zero Gravity Facility at Lewis Research Center, now known as John H. Glenn Research…

Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands

The Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan peninsula are shown in this image acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite,…

Jupiter Gets A Close-Up
Jupiter Gets A Close-Up

NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this true color mosaic of Jupiter, the most detailed global color portrait of the planet ever…

Atlantis Lifts Off!
Atlantis Lifts Off!

With a fiery liftoff, Space Shuttle Atlantis roars off the launch pad for a rendezvous with the International Space Station…

Staring Into the Sun
Staring Into the Sun

Launched on Dec. 2, 2005, SOHO observes the sun's deep interior and also its interactions all the way out to…

Stellar Rubble May Be Planetary Building Blocks
Stellar Rubble May Be Planetary Building Blocks

This artist's concept depicts a pulsar, which is a type of dead star, as well as the surrounding disk of…