Sixteen of 19 astronaut candidates named on May 29, 1980, and two European trainees as payload…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Hubble Images Galaxies Near and Far
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the remote galaxy HerS 020941.1+001557, which appears as a…
Moon and Flag at NASA Michoud
The waning gibbous moon sets behind a flag at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans…
Preflight Flower – NASA
A flower is seen in the foreground with a Soyuz rocket on the launch pad at…
Another Milestone for X-59 – NASA
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing at Lockheed…
Sunset on Mars – NASA
On May 19th, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun…
Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, briefs Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on celestial…
Webb Finds Icy Disk – NASA
Webb has found crystalline water ice in a debris disk around a young, Sun-like star called…
Deimos Before Dawn – NASA
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, shining in…
Pretty in Pink – NASA
The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this composite…