In this image from 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool on…
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The View from Up Top
A low pressure system in the eastern North Pacific Ocean is featured in this image photographed…
The Art of Making Stars
Rho Ophiuchi might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact…
Liftoff!
The Soyuz TMA-21 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, carrying…
What a Ride It’s Been
As a tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle Program, artist Brian Basset created this commemorative drawing depicting…
Expedition 27 Prepares to Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,…
Expedition 27 Waves Farewell
Expedition 27 crew members from top, Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan,…
Pretty in Pink
Inside the Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor Deposition, or PS-PVD, ceramic powder is introduced into the plasma flame,…
Celestial Mountains
The Tien Shan mountain range is one of the largest continuous mountain ranges in the world,…
Watercolor Canvas
Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, a part of the Sahara Desert, has a bone-dry climate with scant…