On Oct. 16, Operation Ice Bridge researchers and crew completed the first flight of the Antarctic…
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Ready to Roll
In the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-1 in Florida, workers prepared space shuttle Atlantis to…
The Rite of Spring
Of the countless equinoxes Saturn has seen since the birth of the solar system, this one,…
Andromeda in Ultraviolet
In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite…
Expedition 20 Lands
The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight…
Expedition 20 Comes Home
Surrounded by medical personnel, seated from left to right are spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, Expedition 20…
Rice University Accepts Exploration Award
During the half-time ceremonies of the Rice vs. Navy football game Oct. 10, 2009, Johnson Space…
Noctis Labyrinthus
Layers in the lower portion of two neighboring buttes within the Noctis Labyrinthus formation on Mars…
Black Holes Go ‘Mano a Mano’
This image of NGC 6240 contains new X-ray data from Chandra (shown in red, orange, and…