International Space Station bathroom tour

Join ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as she shows how astronauts on the International Space Station keep…

Futura: Mission wrap-up

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, from Italy, will shortly be ending her long-duration stay onboard the International…

NASA Announces New Director of Ames Research Center

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Monday the selection of Dr. Eugene L. Tu as the next…

NASA Langley to Be Recognized for Advancing Helicopter Research

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, Friday, May…

Mimas Stares Back

The great eye of Saturn's moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide (80-mile) impact crater called Herschel, stares out…

Akari view of the Cygnus region in the Milky Way

The constellation of Cygnus is one of the most recognisable in the northern hemisphere. During the…

Ten-Engine Electric Plane Prototype Takes Off

A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that…

Comet on 26 April 2015 – NavCam

This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 26 April 2015…

Amazing Arizona

An image shared by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on social media earlier this week, with the…

Proba-V detecting aircraft

Aircraft positions picked up by ESA's Proba-V minisatellite, using an experimental Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast…