A Place in History

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this…

APU Tests Today for Discovery

Space shuttle Discovery's auxiliary power units will be the focus of technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space…

NASA Takes Gamers on a Lunar Adventure With New Online Video Game

NASA has given gamers a taste of lunar adventure with release of Moonbase Alpha, an exciting…

Celestial Fireworks

Like an Independence Day fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial…

Launched on the Fourth of July

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew launched at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4, 2006…

Weekend Testing Ahead for Engines

Space shuttle Discovery's three main engines have been installed ahead of the launch of the STS-133…

All-American Salute

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

SOFIA Observatory Test Flights Prepare for Early Science

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP aircraft is currently flying the second segment of flight…

New Target Launch Date: Nov. 1

Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission is now targeted for launch Nov. 1 at about 4:33 p.m.…

Two Engines Installed, Last One Today

Space shuttle Discovery has two of its three main engines in place and technicians will install…