Layers, probably sedimentary in origin, have undergone extensive erosion in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance…
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Mark Vande Hei’s ‘Space-Selfie’
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, spacewalker Mark Vande Hei snapped his own portrait, better known as…
Day of Remembrance 2018
On the last Thursday in January, NASA pays tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and…
Next Mars Lander Spreads Its Solar Wings
This image shows NASA's InSight lander after it was commanded to deploy its solar arrays to…
Signs of Ships in the Clouds
Ships churning through the Atlantic Ocean produced this patchwork of bright, criss-crossing cloud trails off the…
Prepping the Parker Solar Probe for Space
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Parker Solar Probe is lowered into the 40-foot-tall thermal…
Jupiter’s Swirling South Pole
This image of Jupiter’s swirling south polar region was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it…
Even in the Desert
For the second time in three years, snow has accumulated in the desert near the northern…
Three of the ‘Thirty-Five New Guys’
On January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the…
Jupiter’s Colorful Cloud Belts
Colorful swirling cloud belts dominate Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.