In mid-October 2011, NASA scientists working in Antarctica discovered a massive crack across the Pine Island…
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Western Europe at Night
With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time…
Brazilian Youth Ambassadors Visit NASA Headquarters
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden played host to 45 Brazilian Youth Ambassadors on Friday, Jan. 27, in…
Cloud streets off of the Aleutian Islands
Strong winds polished the snow of southwestern Alaska and stretched marine stratocumulus clouds into long, parallel…
Apollo 1
On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1's crew--Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger…
NASA Day of Remembrance Wreath Laying Ceremony
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, NASA personnel, and others, participate in a wreath laying ceremony as part…
Opportunity’s Eighth Anniversary View From ‘Greeley Haven’ (False Color)
This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward…
Blue Marble
A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently…
Next-Generation Space Flight
The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), or Orion, being assembled and tested at Lockheed Martin's Vertical Testing…
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits Wallops
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, left, and Robin Heard, Manager of Antares Upper Stage Ground Operations,…