Emerging from the Quest airlock on the International Space Station, astronaut Alvin Drew began his shared…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
On Approach
After a very cloudy day at Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, the skies cleared to allow…
On Approach
The Expedition 26 crew photographed the aft portion of Discovery's main engines, part of the cargo…
Conjoined
The docked space shuttle Discovery and the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous…
Discovery’s Final Flip
This view of the nose, the forward underside and crew cabin of the space shuttle Discovery…
Sunlight
Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed…
Aloft
Rising on twin columns of fire and creating rolling clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle…
Ready for Launch
The space shuttle Discovery is seen shortly after the Rotating Service Structure was rolled back at…
Discovery Lifts Off!
Space shuttle Discovery's liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…
A Visit to Glory
Just a few hours before the scheduled launch of NASA's Glory research satellite, NASA Deputy Administrator…