Annie Easley, Computer Scientist and Mathematician

Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then…

NASA’s Webb Telescope Ghostly ‘Lights Out’ Inspection

The technicians who are inspecting the telescope and its expansive golden mirrors look like ghostly wraiths…

Traffic-free and Sky-high

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of cloud…

The Big One

Mimas' gigantic crater Herschel lies near the moon's limb in this Cassini view.

Hubble Hones In on a Hypergiant’s Home

The super star cluster Westerlund 1, only 15,000 light-years away in our Milky Way neighborhood, hosts…

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground

Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA's Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Parachute Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground

Engineers Successfully Test the Parachutes for NASA's Orion Spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground

Women Scientists at NASA in January 1959

January 1959. Women Scientists Lucille Coltrane, Jean Clark Keating, Katherine Cullie Speegle, Doris 'Dot' Lee, Ruth…

A Mass of Viscous Flow Features

Viscous, lobate flow features are commonly found at the bases of slopes in the mid-latitudes of…

Technicians Secure the Protective Covering Around CYGNUS

In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the…