Expedition 33 Crew Waves Farewell

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, bottom, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and…

Rocket Rollout

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, Oct. 21,…

Sea Ice off eastern Greenland

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Sea Ice off eastern Greenland…

Crew Bonding

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33 crew share a playful moment Oct. 10,…

Model Points to Fast Future

If human beings are ever to fly faster than the speed of sound from one side…

Anyone Else Think This Looks Like the Cookie Monster?

Ok, so maybe it's just me. But the superposition of younger craters on older craters (in…

Endeavour Makes Its Final Journey

Cable technicians raise their cherry pickers to watch and photograph the space shuttle Endeavour as it…

Shuttle Endeavour Crossing

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop the Over Land Transporter (OLT) after exiting the Los…

Pioneer I Launch

Thor-Able I with the Pioneer I spacecraft atop, prior to launch at Eastern Test Range at…

Anniversary of First Female ISS Commander Launches

Five years ago today, on Oct. 10, 2007, U.S. astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, the first woman…