Hurricane Earl: The Astronaut View

The relatively placid view from the International Space Station belied the potent forces at work in…

ICESCAPE

The terrain for the scientific work conducted by ICESCAPE scientists on July 4, 2010, was Arctic…

Next Generation Space Telescope

NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's…

Topping Out

With the placement of the test cell dome atop NASA's new A-3 Test Stand at the…

Northwest Greenland Canyons

On March 29, 2011, Operation IceBridge flew between deep canyons and over glaciers along the northwest…

A New Era

Commonly known simply as the shuttle, the orbiter is both the brains and heart of NASA's…

‘Gagarin’ Rock Examined by Opportunity

In this image from 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool on…

The View from Up Top

A low pressure system in the eastern North Pacific Ocean is featured in this image photographed…

The Art of Making Stars

Rho Ophiuchi might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact…

Liftoff!

The Soyuz TMA-21 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, carrying…