Sunrise on the Moon

On June 10, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter angled its orbit 65° to the west, allowing…

Walkway to Space

The doors to the White Room, which provide entry to space shuttle Atlantis' crew compartment, is…

Training for Expedition 28

Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum participated…

Seaside Sunrise

The sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean silhouetting space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank and solid…

First TV Image of Mars

A 'real-time data translator' machine converted a Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on…

Aflame

Fire acts differently in space than on Earth. Sandra Olson, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn…

Action Figure

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa may not be Superman, but in the microgravity of…

Gemini Water Egress Training

Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are pictured during water egress training in a large indoor…

Cassini Captures Ice Queen Helene

NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its second-closest encounter with Saturn's icy moon Helene on June 18,…

Flight Test

In this image from November 2010, the U.S. Air Force's ACAT F-16D flew through Sierra Nevada…