Where Stars Are Born

Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud's clusters and nebulae NGC 346 is a star-forming region about…

Hubble’s Lagoon

Like brush strokes on a canvas, ridges of color seem to flow across the Lagoon Nebula,…

STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey speaks to the media gathered…

Toxic Sludge in Hungary

On Oct. 4, 2010, an accident occurred at the Ajkai Timföldgyar alumina (aluminum oxide) plant in…

President Signs NASA Authorization Act

President Barack Obama signs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 in the…

Ascent

The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010…

And Away

The nose of an inflatable half-scale model of a NASA F/A-18 in front of the NASA…

Soyuz Liftoff in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:10 p.m. EDT on…

Soyuz Rolls to the Pad

The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur…

Spiral Extraordinaire

Scientists have yet to discover what caused the strange spiral structure. Nor do they know why…