Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on Launch Pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly…
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Heading to the Pad
STS-129 crew members, from left, Robert Satcher, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Leland Melvin, Pilot Barry Wilmore…
Launch Day
A launch countdown sign is seen along the road at NASA's Kennedy Space Center earlier today,…
Hosting Destruction
This artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with…
Skirting an Obstacle
This view from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows tracks left by…
The Birth of Stars
The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May…
Greetings From Palmer Station, Antarctica
Residents of Palmer Station, Antarctica, used their bright red United States Antarctic Program parkas to send…
Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume
The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…
Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume
The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…
Test Stand A-2 Peering Out from the Fog
At Stennis Space Center, three large engine test stands were built the early 1960s to test…