Making the stuff of science fiction into reality, NASA engineers are testing solar sails--a unique propulsion…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Into the Night
Researchers do not yet know what is lighting up IRAS 05437+2502, a small, faint nebula that…
Of Dust and Creation
This infrared image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows a star-forming cloud…
Into the Light
Reflecting on his experience as he emerged from the craft into the daylight on the Expedition…
Testing for the Future
Testing advanced designs for high-speed aircraft in 1948, an engineer makes final calibrations to a model…
50 Years of Communications in Space
The idea behind a communications satellite is simple: send a signal into space, and send it…
Testing at the Space Power Facility
The Centaur Standard Shroud at Glenn Research Center's Space Power Facility, Plum Brook Station, protects spacecraft…
‘Island Universe’ in the Coma Cluster
A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the…
Inspiration on Parade
Astronaut Leland Melvin waved to the crowds from the NASA Glenn Research Center float during the…
Great Ball of Fire
On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a tumult…