Feeling the Heat

Super heated exhaust is a byproduct of engine testing in the Engine Research Building (ERB) at…

Introducing the 2013 Astronaut Class

Members of NASA's newest astronaut class pose with an Orion capsule at NASA's Johnson Space Center…

Orion Spacecraft Stationary Recovery Test at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia

On August 15, 2013, at the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia,…

Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.…

Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming Into a Large Spiral Galaxy

Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a…

Suborbital Rocket Launches From NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

A Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital rocket carrying experiments developed by university students nationwide in the RockSat-X program…

Dropping in on a James Webb Space Telescope Clean Room Test

A crane in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., lowers…

Perseid Meteor

This Perseid fireball meteor was observed in the skies over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013,…

Robotics Workstation in the International Space Station’s Cupola

At the robotics workstation in the International Space Station’s Cupola, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36…

Hubble Space Telescope Finds Source of Magellanic Stream

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of the…