Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 crew returned home safely today, completing their 14-day mission to the International Space Station.…
The Alps may be more famous, but the Pyrenees have been around much longer - tens of millions of years…
Cassini conducts its first close flyby of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus (en-SELL-uh-duss) at a distance of approximately 1,180 kilometers (730…
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in commemoration of NASA's 50th…
When it was constructed in 1969, the Space Power Facility (SPF) was the world's largest vacuum chamber. It stands more…
The Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the…
This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies 450 million light-years away in cluster Abell…
NASA and the Russian space agency kicked off a new era in international space cooperation in June of 1995, when…
The STS-121 crewmembers gather for an in-flight crew photo. From the left (bottom) are astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist;…
This stunning image features the heat shield impact site of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This is an approximately true-color…
