Backdropped by the blackness of space, a partial view of Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay, vertical…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary
NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989, and quickly…
STS-129 Lifts Off
Guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center view the launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Cape Canaveral,…
Monitoring the Launch
NASA mission managers monitor the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Firing Room Four of…
Awaiting the Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on Launch Pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly…
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…