This week in 1968, Apollo 8, the first crewed Saturn V launched from NASA's Kennedy Space…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
International Space Station Solar Transit
This composite image, made from ten frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of…
Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland
Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter…
Hubble “Crane-s” in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy
Spiral galaxy IC 5201 sits 40 million light-years from us in the Crane constellation. As with…
View of NASA’s CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane
Hurricane forecasters will soon have a new tool to better understand and forecast storm intensity. A…
Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars
The foreground of this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows…
HTV-6 Cargo Craft Approaches Space Station
Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA shared this photograph of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s…
The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth)
Many Martian landscapes contain features that are familiar to ones we find on Earth, like river…
Sunrise With Solar Array
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency captured this photograph from the International Space Station…
Linear Dunes, Namib Sand Sea
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a long lens to document what crews…