Portrait of the Expedition 54 Crew on the Space Station

The six-member Expedition 54 crew poses for a lighthearted crew portrait inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory…

An Intersection of Land, Ice, Sea and Clouds

Though sea ice has been significantly below normal extent and thickness across much of the Arctic,…

Time-lapse Sequence of Jupiter’s South Pole

This series of images captures cloud patterns near Jupiter's south pole, looking up towards the planet’s…

Robert Lawrence: America’s First African-American Astronaut

On June 30, 1967, the U.S. Air Force selcted Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. for the…

Orion’s Powerhouse

A technician works on the European Service Module that will propel the Orion spacecraft in space…

Destination: History

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn made history by becoming the first U.S. astronaut to orbit…

Jupiter’s Swirling Cloud Formations

See swirling cloud formations in the northern area of Jupiter's north temperate belt in this new…

Clyde Foster

In June 1975, Marshall management named Clyde Foster to the position of director of the Equal…

An Icy Heart

Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest running survey of the state of polar ice, shattered records in 2017.

Preparing for Space

In this image from 2009, NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson is attired in a training version of…