Scientists on the sea ice in the Chukchi Sea off the north coast of Alaska disperse…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Smoother Landings
Spacecraft attempting to land on an unfamiliar surface need to perform a maneuver called “deep throttling"…
A Place in History
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this…
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…
All-American Salute
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar…
Slingshot
There are two possible explanations for this 'slingshot' in space: kickback by a triple black hole…
A Rover Gets Its Wheels
Mars rover Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, is coming together for extensive…
On the ‘Couch’
The Mercury 7 astronauts examine their 'couches.' Each astronaut's couch was molded to fit his body…
Ghostly Encounter
The surface of Saturn's moon Dione is rendered in crisp detail against a hazy, ghostly Titan.…