This mosaic image taken on Jan. 4, 2004, by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration…
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The World’s Tallest Mountain
Fourteen mountain peaks on Earth stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). The tallest of these…
Quiet Corona and Upper Transition Region of the Sun
This image, taken on Dec. 31, 2013 by the AIA instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Hubble Eyes Galaxy as Flat as a Pancake
Located some 25 million light-years away, this new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy ESO 373-8. Together…
Astronaut Mike Hopkins on Dec. 24 Spacewalk
On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second…
Astronaut Mike Hopkins on Dec. 24 Spacewalk
On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second…
OCO-2 Observatory Conducts Environmental Tests
NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 spacecraft is moved into a thermal vacuum chamber at Orbital Sciences…
Forty-Fifth Anniversary of ‘Earthrise’ Image
Forty-five years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to…
Astronauts Complete First in Series of Spacewalks
On Sunday, Dec. 22, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this photo of Saturday's spacewalk, saying, "Wow...…
Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalks
Expedition 38 crew member Mike Hopkins checks out the spacesuit he will wear outside the International…