Category Archives: NASA Image of the Day

Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a field of classic barchan dunes on Jan. 24, 2018.

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The Moon begins to rise behind the ARADS rover during the 2017 season of field tests in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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"Space was our office yesterday. #EVA51," said International Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold on Friday.

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This HiRISE image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak.

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When NASA engineers were looking for a place to build a network of large radio antennas in the 1950s, they knew they needed somewhere quiet.

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Science operations for NASA's Opportunity rover have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a dust storm on Mars. This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view,.

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To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by an aircraft’s engine exhaust.

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Operation IceBridge missions over Alaska reveal some majestic icescapes, like this image of the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska.

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Expedition 56 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station.

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A ripple of bright blue gas threads through this galaxy like a misshapen lake system.

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