The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches from Pad-0A with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, Sunday, July…
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Hubble Sees a Galaxy With a Glowing Heart
This view, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a nearby spiral galaxy known as…
Prototype Robot With Smartphone to Test 3-D Mapping, Navigation Inside Space Station
Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus spacecraft will carry 3,293 pounds (1,493.8 kg) of cargo on its upcoming…
Vortex and Rings
The Cassini spacecraft captures three magnificent sights at once: Saturn's north polar vortex and hexagon along…
Windswept Valleys in Northern Africa
Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency posted this photograph of windswept…
America’s Next Rocket
NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, will be the most powerful rocket in history. The flexible,…
Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display
A galaxy about 23 million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather…
Liftoff! OCO-2 Heads to Orbit
July 2, 2014 -- A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon…
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Aboard Delta II Rocket
The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with…
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Satellite at Launch Pad
The upper levels of the launch gantry, surrounding the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with…