On July 17, 1975, something momentous happened: two Cold War-rivals met in space. When their respective…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Earth's Beauty from Above
The crew snapped this starry nighttime shot of Rio de Janeiro and surrounding cities on the…
Perseverance Rover Mated to Its Atlas V Rocket
In this image, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V…
Hubble Sees a Star Called HBC 672 and the Bat Shadow
A young star’s unseen, planet-forming disk casts a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in…
PIA23783: Tropical Storm Fay 2020
Target: Earth Mission: Aqua Instrument: AIRS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original…
Creating Psyche: Mission to an Asteroid
An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASA’s Psyche spacecraft,…
STS-135: Shuttle's Final Launch and the Beginning of a New Era
Space Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 mission launched from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July…
Heat Shield Milestone Complete for First Orion Mission with Crew
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks…
Jupiter's Magnificent Swirling Clouds
A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter’s dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in…
PIA23955: Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…