NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has constructed the first portrait of our solar system by combining 34 images…
Author: NASA Image of the Day
Majestic Disk of Stars
The Hubble Space Telescope revealed this majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in this view…
Building NASA’s Future
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal…
A Nebula by Any Other Name
Nebulae are enormous clouds of dust and gas occupying the space between the stars. Some have…
Dextre Gets to Work
Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic "handyman", is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition…
Astronaut Glove
Students from Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Washington, D.C., take turns trying on a glove from a…
An Explosion of Infrared Color
This oddly colorful nebula is the supernova remnant IC 443 as seen by NASA's Wide-field Infrared…
Test Firing the First Aerojet AJ26 Engine
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (left) and Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann view a test firing…