Freezing WISE’s Hydrogen

A scaffolding structure built around NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, allows engineers to freeze…

SOFIA Aloft

An F/A-18 mission support aircraft shadows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP during…

Approaching Marquette Island

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this picture of a rock informally named 'Marquette Island' as…

Administrator Bolden Speaks at AAIA-WIA Luncheon

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a luncheon co-hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and…

Earth’s Moon

During its mission, the Galileo spacecraft returned a number of images of Earth's only natural satellite.…

Proctor Crater, Mars

This view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…

Dry Valleys, Antarctica

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of valleys west of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, so named…

Profile

Surrounded by the blackness of space, this profile view of the space shuttle Atlantis was photographed…

Honoring Apollo 13’s Fred Haise

At a 1 p.m. ceremony on Dec 2, 2009, Administrator Charles Bolden presented NASA's Ambassador of…

King of All He Surveys

Sitting majestically atop a utility pole at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a bald eagle…