Expedition 27 crew members from top, Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan,…
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Pretty in Pink
Inside the Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor Deposition, or PS-PVD, ceramic powder is introduced into the plasma flame,…
Celestial Mountains
The Tien Shan mountain range is one of the largest continuous mountain ranges in the world,…
Watercolor Canvas
Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, a part of the Sahara Desert, has a bone-dry climate with scant…
First Image Ever Obtained from Mercury Orbit
At 5:20 am EDT on Mar. 29, 2011, MESSENGER captured this historic image of Mercury. This…
Make a Wish From Space
In honor of those affected by the Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake in Japan, Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27…
Imagining Mars
This composite of three artists' renderings from 1975 was only wish fulfillment for an unnamed JPL…
Einstein’s Theory Fights Off Challengers
Two new studies have put Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to the test like never before,…
Light Show
A grand ringed planet, Saturn is one of the most intriguing bodies orbiting our sun. This…
Disappearing Act
This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America Nebula. In visible light, the…