Astronaut Randy Bresnik conducts a spacewalk on October 5.
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First Meeting of the National Space Council
Members of the National Space Council are seen during the council's first meeting on Oct. 5…
Oct. 4, 1957 – Sputnik, the Dawn of the Space Age
History changed on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik from the Baikonur…
It’s Planting Season on the International Space Station
It's planting season on the International Space Station! NASA astronaut Joe Acaba prepared the Veggie facility…
Goodbye to the Dark Side
Stunning views like this image of Saturn's night side are only possible thanks to our robotic…
95 Minutes Over Jupiter
This sequence of color-enhanced images shows how quickly the viewing geometry changes for NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
This Week in NASA History: Second Crewed Skylab Mission Splashes Down – Sept. 25, 1973
This week in 1973, the second crewed Skylab mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean following…
Rift on Pine Island Glacier
A new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where ice from the…
OSIRIS-REx Views the Earth During Flyby
A color composite image of Earth was taken on Sept. 22, 2017, by the MapCam camera…
Phantom Limb
The brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space. This…