The Moon’s North Pole

The Earth's moon has been an endless source of fascination for humanity for thousands of years.…

Preparing GRAIL for Launch

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida, these spacecraft technicians may…

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Its 2,690th Martian Day

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take this picture showing a light-toned…

Katia From Space

Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of the Expedition…

NASA Langley’s Bell UH-1H Huey Helicopter Returns

NASA Langley's Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter returned to the Center Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, after a…

Hubble Captures Image of the Arp 274 Group of Galaxies

Arp 274, also known as NGC 5679, is a system of three galaxies that appear to…

Daybreak at Gale Crater

This computer-generated images depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an…

Hurricane Irene

High above the Earth from aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan snapped this image…

Hurricane Irene

High above the Earth from aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan snapped this image…

Viking 1 Examines Mars’ Ophir Chasma

During its examination of Mars, the Viking 1 spacecraft returned images of Valles Marineris, a huge…