While on final approach for its September 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, Cassini spun around to take in…
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral…
As Spirit descended onto Mars' surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving…
Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…
This false-color image captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows Cape St. Vincent, one of the many promontories that…
This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle…
On Mar. 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass., laying the foundation…
STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves from the Shuttle payload bay, backdropped by the Earth below. During the mission's second spacewalk,…
NASA engineer and test pilot Bruce Peterson (right) discusses the M2-F2 Lifting Body airplane with actor James Doohan, who played…
A Delta II rocket lit up the early morning sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it…
