The sun shines through a truss-based radiator panel and a primary solar array panel on the…
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Hubble Frontier Field Abell 2744
This long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image of massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (foreground) is the deepest…
Antares Rocket Ready for Launch
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen on launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility,…
Antares Rocket Rolls Out at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it is rolled out to Launch Pad-0A…
Ten Years Ago, Spirit Rover Lands on Mars
This mosaic image taken on Jan. 4, 2004, by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration…
The World’s Tallest Mountain
Fourteen mountain peaks on Earth stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). The tallest of these…
Quiet Corona and Upper Transition Region of the Sun
This image, taken on Dec. 31, 2013 by the AIA instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Hubble Eyes Galaxy as Flat as a Pancake
Located some 25 million light-years away, this new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy ESO 373-8. Together…
Astronaut Mike Hopkins on Dec. 24 Spacewalk
On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second…
Astronaut Mike Hopkins on Dec. 24 Spacewalk
On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second…