Neptune Shows Off Its Rings in Near-Infrared Light

On Sept. 21, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered the clearest view of Neptune’s rings…

PIA25425: COWVR and TEMPEST Image Hurricane Ian

           Target: Earth Mission:  COWVR Instrument:  COWVR ,  TEMPEST Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here…

PIA24908: Hurricane Ian Captured in Infrared by AIRS

           Target: Earth Mission:  Aqua Instrument:  AIRS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original…

Ellen Ochoa Suits Up

Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water…

DART Team Celebrates Successful Collision

In this image from Sept. 26, 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, Dr. Thomas…

Golden DART’s Galactic Unboxing

Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from a shipping container onto…

John W. Young’s Lunar Salute

Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar…

Endeavour Gets a Piggyback Ride

Our Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston…

Frank Rubio Trains for Spacewalk

In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at…

A Stormy Stellar Nursery

This cloudy, turbulent scene shows a stellar nursery within the Large Magellanic Cloud known as N159. …