Fifty years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39,…
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Station Crew Back on Earth After 197-Day Space Mission
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft and Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch…
Testing the Space Launch System
Engineers built a tank identical to the Space Launch System tank that will be flown on…
115 Years of Flight
For most of human history, we mortals have dreamed of taking to the skies. Then, 115…
Giant Black Hole Powers Cosmic Fountain
Before electricity, water fountains worked by relying on gravity to channel water from a higher elevation…
Astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor Work Aboard the Station
NASA astronauts Anne McClain (background) and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module…
Spirit of Apollo – 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 at the Washington National Cathedral
Spirit of Apollo - 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
ICESat-2 Reveals Profile of Ice Sheets
Less than three months into its mission, NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2,…
Viewing the Approach of SpaceX’s Dragon to the Space Station
International Space Station Commander Alexander Gerst viewed SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft chasing the orbital laboratory on…