Neil Armstrong trained for the Apollo 11 mission at NASA Langley's Lunar Landing Research Facility on…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
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…