A View of the Main Engines

The Expedition 23 crew photographed this view of the aft portion of space shuttle Discovery, including…

Pitch, Roll

This view of the underside of the crew cabin of the space shuttle Discovery was provided…

Flying Across the Moon

The International Space Station flew across the face of the moon over NASA's Kennedy Space Center…

Discovery Lifts off

An exhaust cloud billowed around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as…

3-2-1 Lift Off

Space shuttle Discovery's engines ignited at 6:21 a.m. EDT Monday, April 5, for liftoff of the…

Playing Forward

Edwin P. Hubble--famed astronomer--and basketball star? In fact, Dr. Hubble was both. The University of Chicago…

Llullaillaco Volcano

The summit of South America’s Llullaillaco Volcano has an elevation of 22,110 feet above sea level,…

TIROS

On April 1, 1960, a satellite designed by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) launched to…

A Subtle Difference

Subtle color differences on Saturn's moon Mimas are apparent in this false-color view of Herschel Crater…

Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft arrived by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan,…