Image of the DayThese side-by-side false-color images show Saturn's heat emission. The data were taken on Feb. 4, 2004, from the W. M....NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander monitors the atmosphere overhead and reaches out to the soil below in this artist's depiction of...The Cassini team got this stunning false color image of Saturn's rings using a technique called "stellar occultation." In simple...Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, used a pistol grip tool as she worked on the International Space...This false-color composite image of the Stephan's Quintet galaxy cluster clearly shows one of the largest shock waves ever seen...Approximately 100 million years ago, a smaller galaxy plunged through the heart of the Cartwheel galaxy, creating ripples of brief...This 1958 photograph shows test pilot Joseph Walker in a pressure suit beside the X-1E at the NASA High-Speed Flight...Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, Space Shuttle Atlantis was photographed by the Expedition 15 crew after it undocked...This is the sharpest image of Saturn's temperature emissions taken from the ground; it is a mosaic of 35 individual...This panoramic view of the eye of Hurricane Emily was shot by the crew of the International Space Station while...The U.S. Navy's test of Vanguard rocket, along with its satellite payload, went hopelessly awry when the rocket failed to...In this 1957 photograph, an unnamed NACA physicist studies alpha rays in a continuous cloud chamber. NACA, the National Advisory...Deep Impact is an ambitious mission aiming to accomplish the incredible: Blast a hole in comet Tempel 1 in an...After driving a short distance from their landing site, two explorers stop to inspect a robotic lander and its small...The Phoenix Mission, slated for launch in August 2007, is the first project in NASA's program of Mars Scout missions....Monument Valley provides one of the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and...NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a view of what may be the youngest galaxy ever seen. This "late bloomer"...The second image of Comet Wild 2 from NASA's Stardust spacecraft shows a distant side view of the roughly spherical...The Glenn Research Center's Icing Research Tunnel is the world's largest refrigerated wind tunnel. During tests of a heated-air system...STS-120 mission specialist Scott Parazynski participated in the second of five scheduled spacewalks as construction continues on the International Space...Variations in ring particle concentration give Saturn's brilliant rings the appearance of ripples in a pond in this close-up view...A crucial step in the Mars Sample Return mission would be to launch the collected sample away from the surface...Gamma rays produce flashes that are brighter than a billion suns yet last only a few milliseconds and have been...At 86 meters (282 feet) below sea level, Death Valley, California, is one of the hottest, driest places on the...Skiers, hikers, and tourists prize Colorado's Rocky Mountains for the steep ski slopes, challenging climbs, and spectacular views; geologists and...In the Space Shuttle Discovery's airlock, Astronaut Steve Robinson, left, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Soichi Noguchi prepare for...Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off the cocoon that enclosed it. In the...NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently stopped to analyze an exposure of rock near "Beagle Crater," on a target nicknamed...An engineer and a technician check out an ion engine in the Electronic Propulsion Research Building at the Lewis Research...Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn's northern latitudes in this true color view from...A space suit floats freely away from the International Space Station in a scene reminiscent of a sci-fi movie. But...Astronaut Dave Williams, representing the Canadian Space Agency, participates in the last of four STS-118 spacewalks.his is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It...This composite image shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars, picturing the last days of the Mars' northern autumn/southern spring....The latest remote sensing data from NASA's Jason satellite show near normal conditions across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. As we...NASA began development of new communication satellites in 1960, based on the hypothesis that geosynchronous satellites, which orbit Earth 22,300...Even bubbles are more interesting in space. Here, a water bubble floats freely on the International Space Station, showing an...Anchored to the Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System foot restraint, STS-121 mission specialist Piers J. Sellers...Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station appears small as it moves away from...NASA's NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) Shoemaker spacecraft landed on the surface of the 21-mile long asteroid Eros on February...
