This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following…
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Rift on Pine Island Glacier
A new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where ice from the…
OSIRIS-REx Views the Earth During Flyby
A color composite image of Earth was taken on Sept. 22, 2017, by the MapCam camera…
Phantom Limb
The brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space. This…
Soaring Over Jupiter
This striking image of Jupiter was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth…
X-plane Preliminary Design Model Tests Quiet Supersonic Technology
Test Engineer Samantha O’Flaherty finalizes the set-up of the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) Preliminary Design Model…
Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Thermal Image of Hurricane Maria
The VIIRS instrument on NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a thermal image of Hurricane Maria on…
Northern Lights Over Canada
The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted from the International Space…
Cassini End of Mission
Cassini program manager at JPL, Earl Maize, left, and spacecraft operations team manager for the Cassini…
Orion Parachutes Measure Up in High Pressure Test
Orion’s three main orange and white parachutes help a representative model of the spacecraft descend through…