The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. This composite…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Curiosity Self-Portrait, Wide View
On the 84th and 85th Martian days of the NASA Mars rover Curiosity's mission on Mars…
Ion Thruster Sets World Record for Electric Propulsion Life
While the Dawn spacecraft is visiting the asteroids Vesta and Ceres, NASA Glenn has been developing…
Orion Parachutes
Three 300-pound main parachutes gently lower a mockup Orion capsule to the ground during a test…
A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style
'Tis the season for holiday decorating and tree-trimming. Not to be left out, astronomers using NASA's…
Expedition 34 at Launch
Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), top, NASA Flight Engineer…
Orion Spacecraft
Technicians prepare to fit a special fixture around an Orion capsule inside the high bay of…
Expedition 34 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, Dec. 17,…
Data from Venus
On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking…
Giant Stellar Nursery
Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the…