The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday’s scheduled landing on Mars…
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Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch Uses Analogs on Earth to Find Life on Mars
If we find life on the Red Planet, we’ll have astrobiologists like Dr. Kennda Lynch to…
Bernard Harris: First African American Spacewalker
A physician, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut, Bernard Harris became the first African American to perform…
Crystal Clear: Observing Crystal Growth on the Space Station
There are more than 100,000 proteins in the human body. Every structure is different, and each…
The Coalsack Nebula
This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or…
PIA23809: Deep Jet Streams in Jupiter's Atmosphere
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Tanya Oleksuik ©…
PIA24416: Banjul, The Gambia
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…
Sunrise Over the Pacific
This view of a sunrise breaking through the Earth’s horizon was taken as the International Space…
Jeanette Epps: Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer
In this image from 2018, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps trains in a U.S. spacesuit at the…
Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud
The tip of the “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this view…