The north polar layered deposits are layers of dusty ice up to 2 miles thick and…
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Tank Prep
In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare External Tank-138,…
Smoke over Western Russia
Hundreds of fires burned across western Russia on August 2, 2010, but it is the smoke…
In Motion
This gimbal rig, formally known as the MASTIF, or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, was…
Tweetup at HQ
NASA astronaut TJ Creamer talks about his experience in space during a "Tweetup" at NASA Headquarters,…
Into the Looking Glass
Recently, technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., completed a series of cryogenic…
Wild 2: If You Were There
On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA's Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced…
Dreamy, Young Stars
The Orion Nebula is a 'happening' place where stars are born and this colony of hot,…
Astronauts in the Oval Office
President Barack Obama greets the STS-132 Atlantis crew and International Space Station astronaut T.J. Creamer in…
Fractured
This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of a large impact crater in…