A NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket soars skyward into an aurora over Alaska following a…
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Rays of Creusa
When viewed from a distance with the sun directly behind Cassini, the larger, brighter craters really…
Liftoff of SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon From Launch Complex 39A
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center…
Falcon 9 Rocket With Dragon Spacecraft Vertical at Launch Complex 39A
NASA provider SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at Launch Complex 39A at…
Thomas Byrdsong, Aerospace Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center
On March 2, 1963 Engineer Thomas Byrdsong checks the Apollo/Saturn 1B Ground-wind-loads model in the Transonic…
Glacial ‘Aftershock’ Spawns Antarctic Iceberg
Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters. The loss was tiny…
Space Station Flight Over Venice
Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency shared this photograph from the…
F for Fabulous
When seen up close, the F ring of Saturn resolves into multiple dusty strands. This Cassini…
Hubble Sees Spiral in Andromeda
The Andromeda constellation is one of the 88 modern constellations and should not be confused with…
Jeanette A. Scissum, Scientist and Mathematician at NASA Marshall
Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees…