Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right) of NASA outfit spacesuits inside…
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Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 from West Virginia
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor…
Site of 2016 Summer Olympic Games Viewed by NASA’s MISR Instrument
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite passed directly over Rio de Janeiro…
A Black Hole Story Told by a Cosmic Blob and Bubble
Two cosmic structures show evidence for a remarkable change in behavior of a supermassive black hole…
Infrared Saturn Clouds
This false-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows clouds in Saturn's northern hemisphere. The view was…
Aurora and Manicouagan Crater
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station adjusted the camera for night imaging and captured the…
Neil Armstrong in NASA Ames’ Bell X-14 Aircraft
Neil A. Armstrong is photographed in the cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 aircraft at NASA's…
Curiosity’s Arm Over ‘Marimba’ Target on Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began close-up investigation of a target called "Marimba," on lower Mount Sharp,…
Astronauts Test Orion Docking Hatch For Future Missions
Engineers and astronauts conducted testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson…
Field Testing NASA’s New Carbon-Dioxide Measuring Instrument
A team of NASA scientists and engineers is poised to realize a lifetime goal: building an…