NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to…
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Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles
On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth…
Rare Encircling Filament
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a…
Space Station Crew Sees Lots of Clouds
Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed cloudy skies over…
Pandora, the Would-Be Perturber
As Cassini hurtled toward its fatal encounter with Saturn, the spacecraft turned to catch this final…
Tests Ensure Astronaut, Ground Crew Safety Before Orion Launches
NASA is performing a series of tests to evaluate how astronauts and ground crew involved in…
Revealing What Lies Beneath
This false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity Mars rover's Mast…
From Hot to Hottest
This sequence of images shows the Sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken…
Learning to Walk Before Heading to Space
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is suspended over a mock-up of the International Space Station…
Viewing Australia’s Great Sandy Desert From Space
Flying hundreds miles above, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis…