This Aug. 5 1968 image was taken aboard the MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico,…
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Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria Works on Constructing the International Space Station
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic women and men…
Opportunity Emerges in a Dusty Picture
NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again.
Our Sun: Two Wavelengths, Two Different Images
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory views our Sun in ten different wavelengths because each wavelength reveals different…
Hubble’s Galaxies With Knots, Bursts
In the northern constellation of Coma Berenices lies the impressive Coma Cluster — a structure of over…
Small Satellite Demonstrates Possible Solution for ‘Space Junk’
The International Space Station deployed this small satellite for the NanoRacks-Remove Debris investigation, designed to demonstrate…
First Light Data for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Just over a month into its mission, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from…
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor Examines Her Eyes
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor examines her eye with a Funduscope.
ICESat-2 Lifts Off to Study Earth’s Changing Ice
A Delta II rocket launches with NASA's ICESat-2 onboard, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from Vandenberg Air…
Juno Captures Elusive ‘Brown Barge’
A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured…