A Break in Training

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 crew takes a break from a simulated…

Crackling with Solar Flares

Fast-growing sunspot 1112 is crackling with solar flares. So far, none of the blasts has hurled…

Sun and Moon

On Oct. 7, 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, observed its first lunar transit when…

Ouachita Mountains

The Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma are part of the only major mountain region between the…

Where Stars Are Born

Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud's clusters and nebulae NGC 346 is a star-forming region about…

Hubble’s Lagoon

Like brush strokes on a canvas, ridges of color seem to flow across the Lagoon Nebula,…

STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey speaks to the media gathered…

Toxic Sludge in Hungary

On Oct. 4, 2010, an accident occurred at the Ajkai Timföldgyar alumina (aluminum oxide) plant in…

President Signs NASA Authorization Act

President Barack Obama signs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 in the…

Ascent

The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010…