Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the docked Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft are shown…
Airglow above Earth's horizon and solar array panels add color to this scene of a portion of the International Space…
Mount Saint Helens exemplifies how Earth's topographic form can change greatly even within our lifetimes. The mountain is one of…
No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over…
STS-117 mission specialist Steven Swanson moves through a hatch in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the…
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, these fantastic, undulating shapes lie within the stellar nursery known as M17, the Omega…
Framed by Florida greenery, Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39B at 10:39 a.m. EDT on the historic Return…
A fast and powerful wind from a hot young star created this stunning bubble-shaped nebula, poised on the end of…
Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way…
This replica of the 17th century ship Godspeed was under full sail when it cruised past the Statute of Liberty…