This view of the underside of the crew cabin of the space shuttle Discovery was provided…
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Flying Across the Moon
The International Space Station flew across the face of the moon over NASA's Kennedy Space Center…
Discovery Lifts off
An exhaust cloud billowed around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as…
3-2-1 Lift Off
Space shuttle Discovery's engines ignited at 6:21 a.m. EDT Monday, April 5, for liftoff of the…
Playing Forward
Edwin P. Hubble--famed astronomer--and basketball star? In fact, Dr. Hubble was both. The University of Chicago…
Llullaillaco Volcano
The summit of South America’s Llullaillaco Volcano has an elevation of 22,110 feet above sea level,…
Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft arrived by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan,…
A Subtle Difference
Subtle color differences on Saturn's moon Mimas are apparent in this false-color view of Herschel Crater…
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
This new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the dusty…