On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
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Iceberg Towers Over Greenland Village
In July 2018, an iceberg weighing 11 million tons parked just offshore of Innaarsuit, a small…
At Tranquility Base
Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into…
Testing Satellite Servicing Technologies
NASA's satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and…
Orion Parachutes Chalk Up Another Test Success in Arizona
The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as…
Churning in the Chukchi Sea
Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually…
A Merger of Stars
Launched 15 years ago, the Spitzer Space Telescope has made many discoveries, including this detection of…
Jamming with the ‘Spiders’ from Mars
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South…
‘X’-ploring the Eagle Nebula and ‘Pillars of Creation’
The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, contains the young star cluster NGC 6611. It…
The Heart of Madagascar
As the International Space Station flew overhead, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold captured this photograph of a…