2018 Class of NASA Flight Directors for the Mission Control Center

NASA has selected six women and men to join the elite corps of flight directors who…

A Closer View of the Moon

Posted to Twitter by @Astro_Alex, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, this image shows our planet's…

Ice Block Avalanche

One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North…

County Fire Lights Up the Night

Light from the County Fire illuminated the night skies of Northern California when the Suomi NPP…

Burst of Celestial Fireworks

Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial…

Seeing Jupiter

Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created this image of Jupiter using data from the Juno spacecraft's…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Dragon to the International Space Station

At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon…

NASA’s Unmanned Ikhana Flies in National Airspace Without Chase Plane

NASA’s Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, takes off…

Earth’s Limb, Pacific Ocean and the Space Station’s Kibo Laboratory

The Earth's limb and the Pacific Ocean contrast segments of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory…

A Slice of Glory

If you have ever seen a series of concentric rings of color near a mist or…