Like a wisp of green smoke, the aurora australis seemingly intersects with the Earth’s airglow as…
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Japan's HTV-9 Cargo Craft Helps Supply the Space Station
Japan’s resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9), is pictured attached to the International Space Station’s…
The Red Planet's Holden Crater
Exquisite layering is revealed emerging from the sand in southern Holden Crater. Sequences like these offer…
Space Station Instrument Helps Researchers to Understand Lightning
Lightning flashes from a storm cloud to strike the ground. Such bolts represent only a small…
Preparing the Perseverance Mars Rover to Collect Samples on the Red Planet
The samples Apollo 11 brought back to Earth from the Moon were humanity’s first from another…
Ice Melt Accelerates Regional Freshwater Depletion
A small glacier in the Arctic region of Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, as photographed by NASA’s Airborne…
Demo-2: Launching Into History
On Saturday, May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft…
Demo-2 Launch: Setting Forth on a Historic Journey
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex…
Liftoff! Demo-2 Heads to the Space Station
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2…
SpaceX Demo-2: A New Era in Human Spaceflight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen illuminated on…