NASA Langley and the Space Race

Neil Armstrong trained for the Apollo 11 mission at NASA Langley's Lunar Landing Research Facility on…

Hubble Traps a Lynx Barred Spiral

NGC 2500 is a particular kind of spiral galaxy known as a barred spiral, its wispy…

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (Enhanced Color)

This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt using…

Looking Back: Aircraft Engineering Research Conference at Langley’s Full Scale Tunnel, 1934

This year, NASA is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton,…

Lakes and Rivers Have Ice, Too

On May 29, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this…

Dawn’s Early Light

The light of a new day on Saturn illuminates the planet’s wavy cloud patterns and the…

Winds Trigger Pond Growth

Wind is a force to be reckoned with. It can stir up monsoons, carry dust thousands…

Vice President Mike Pence Visits Kennedy Space Center

Vice President Mike Pence addresses NASA employees, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Vehicle Assembly Building…

This Week in NASA History: Apollo AS-203 Launches — July 5, 1966

This week in 1966, the AS-203 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo AS-203…

Happy Fourth of July From the Space Station

NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson celebrated the Fourth of July from over 250 miles…