The countenance of astronaut candidate Christina M. Hammock signals her success at fire-starting, a technique that…
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Hubble Peers at a Cosmic Optical Illusion
At first glance, this Hubble picture appears to capture two space giants entangled in a fierce…
Annular Eclipse of the Sun by Phobos, as Seen by Curiosity
This set of three images shows views three seconds apart as the larger of Mars' two…
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
In an attempt to answer prevailing questions about our moon, NASA is making final preparations to…
Rim Fire, California
This natural-color satellite image of the drought-fueled Rim Fire was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging…
Asteroid Zips By Orion Nebula
This image shows the potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3 as it zips past a cloud…
NASA Astronaut and Research Pilot Gordon Fullerton Flies His Final Mission
In this Dec. 21, 2007 photograph, C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career, including…
Feeling the Heat
Super heated exhaust is a byproduct of engine testing in the Engine Research Building (ERB) at…
Introducing the 2013 Astronaut Class
Members of NASA's newest astronaut class pose with an Orion capsule at NASA's Johnson Space Center…
Orion Spacecraft Stationary Recovery Test at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia
On August 15, 2013, at the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia,…