Platforms surround the Ares I-X in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building before it…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Spirit’s Robotic Stretch
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this forward view of its arm and surroundings during the…
Friction Stir Weld
This close-up view of the friction stir weld tack tool used to manufacture of space shuttle…
Getz Ice Shelf
On Oct. 16, Operation Ice Bridge researchers and crew completed the first flight of the Antarctic…
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…