Monitoring the Launch

NASA mission managers monitor the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Firing Room Four of…

Awaiting the Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on Launch Pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly…

Heading to the Pad

STS-129 crew members, from left, Robert Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin, Pilot Barry Wilmore…

Launch Day

A launch countdown sign is seen along the road at NASA's Kennedy Space Center earlier today,…

Hosting Destruction

This artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with…

Skirting an Obstacle

This view from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows tracks left by…

The Birth of Stars

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May…

Greetings From Palmer Station, Antarctica

Residents of Palmer Station, Antarctica, used their bright red United States Antarctic Program parkas to send…

Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume

The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…

Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume

The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…