A successful NASA flight test on Monday, Aug. 17, demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Lunar Lander Model
This 1963 model depicts an early Apollo lunar lander concept, called a "bug." Engineers designed several…
Ares I-X Complete
Standing tall at its fully assembled height of 327 feet, the Ares I-X is one of…
The Formation of Stars
Cepheus B, a molecular cloud located in our Milky Galaxy about 2,400 light years from the…
Unraveling Saturn’s Rings
In this simulated image of Saturn's rings, color is used to present information about ring particle…
Coiled Creature
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a wild creature of the dark -- a coiled galaxy…
Research for the Future
The U.S. Air Force's F-16D Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) aircraft takes off from Edwards Air…
Summer Heat
A white-hot flame surrounded by red hot exhaust shoots from a recent test of the J-2X…