The Vanuatu Archipelago is a collection of volcanic islands about 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) northeast of…
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Infrared Image of Saturn’s Rings
Although it may look to our eyes like other images of the rings, this infrared image…
NASA Center Renamed in Honor of Neil A. Armstrong
This photograph shows Neil Armstrong next to the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight. President…
At Work in the Destiny Laboratory of the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on combustion research hardware in…
Spitzer’s Orion
Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500…
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Prepared For Launch
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or…
TDRS-L Prepared for Trip to Launch Pad
Jan. 10, 2013 -- Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, NASA's Tracking and Data…
Frozen Lake Sharpe, South Dakota
The Missouri River rises in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, and flows generally to the…
Orbital-1 Space Station Resupply Mission Launches From NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 1:07 p.m. EST…
Orbital-1 Antares Launch
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops…