Viewing the Mediterranean Coasts of Tunisia and Libya from the Space Station

The Mediterranean coasts of Tunisia and Libya and the Italian island of Sicily across the sea…

NASA Pilot Rich Rogers: "All Good Things …"

For NASA Wallops Flight Facility research pilot Rich Rogers, July 26 brought an end to one…

Hubble Snaps a Galactic Potpourri of Particles

The sharply angled perspective in this Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 3169 makes it seem…

Seeing the World With a Drone

A drone moves high above downtown Reno, Nevada on the afternoon of June 23, 2019 as…

50 Years Ago Today: Apollo 11 Command Module Recovered After Splashdown

The Apollo 11 Command Module is hoisted aboard the USS Hornet, the prime recovery vessel for…

Christopher Kraft at Flight Console

Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., who died July 22, 2019, created the concept of NASA’s Mission Control…

Visions of Apollo 11: Command Service Module Orbits the Moon

This image shows the Command Service Module orbiting the Moon as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin…

Apollo 11 and Landing Site 2 in the Sea of Tranquility

This photographic illustration compares the size of Apollo 11 Landing Site 2 with that of the…

Soyuz Heads to the Launch Pad in Black and White

In this black and white infrared image, the Soyuz rocket is seen as it transported to…

PIA23338: Panguna Copper Deposit, Papua New Guinea

           Target: Earth Mission:  Terra Instrument:  ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…