An astronaut aboard the International Space Station adjusted the camera for night imaging and captured the…
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Neil Armstrong in NASA Ames’ Bell X-14 Aircraft
Neil A. Armstrong is photographed in the cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 aircraft at NASA's…
Curiosity’s Arm Over ‘Marimba’ Target on Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began close-up investigation of a target called "Marimba," on lower Mount Sharp,…
Astronauts Test Orion Docking Hatch For Future Missions
Engineers and astronauts conducted testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson…
Field Testing NASA’s New Carbon-Dioxide Measuring Instrument
A team of NASA scientists and engineers is poised to realize a lifetime goal: building an…
Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is one of the most visited parks in America, drawing more than 2.5…
Space Station View of the Chesapeake Bay
On July 21, 2016, Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA shared this photograph of sunglint…
A Black Hole ‘Choir’
The blue dots in this field of galaxies, known as the COSMOS field, show galaxies that…
The Loneliest Young Star
An unusual celestial object called CX330 was first detected as a source of X-ray light in…
Cockpit of the First All-Electric Propulsion Aircraft
NASA’s Scalable Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology and Operations Research (SCEPTOR) project has reached a critical milestone,…