Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz capsule just…
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Wonders in the Antarctic Sky
In 43 hours across five science flights in late November 2013, NASA's P-3 research aircraft collected…
ACCESS II: Preparing to Descend
This photo, taken from the CT-133 aircraft of research partner National Research Council of Canada, shows…
Spacewalk Training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
In this image taken on Nov. 7, 2012, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency…
Saturn’s C and B Rings From the Inside Out
On July 1, 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn, marking the end of the spacecraft's…
Inside the Flame Nebula
Stars are often born in clusters, in giant clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have studied…
Earth’s Atmospheric Layers
International Space Station astronauts captured this photo of Earth's atmospheric layers on July 31, 2011, revealing…
View of the Earth From the Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule
On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. had a view of Earth that no…
Active Dune Field on Mars
Nili Patera is one of the most active dune fields on Mars. As such, it is…
Early Tracking and Communication Facilities at Goddard Space Flight Center
Named for American rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was established…