Image of the DayThis prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of Mauritania has attracted attention since the earliest space missions because it...This artist's concept illustrates what the night sky might look like from a hypothetical alien planet in a star system...This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky...To prepare for the Apollo landings, five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were launched during 1966 and 1967 to gather detailed images...European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second of three planned sessions of...This montage of images taken by the Voyager spacecraft of the planets and four of Jupiter's moons is set against...Fish-eye view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as seen from the Russian Mir space station during the STS-71 mission.This mass of storm clouds was observed by Expedition 1 from the International Space Station. The picture was the first...Named by the Romans after the fleet-footed messenger of the gods, the planet Mercury is closest to the sun. Seen...In the first spacewalk of the STS-118 mission, astronaut Rick Mastracchio and the Canadian Space Agency's Dave Williams (out of...STS-116 Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and Christer Fuglesang participate in the first of the mission's three planned...This image of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section was photographed by the Expedition 14 crew during the RPM survey. Visible...Phoebe's true nature is revealed in startling clarity in this mosaic of two images taken during Cassini's flyby on June...On Dec. 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 crew returned to Earth. Apollo 17 was the sixth and last Apollo mission...Cassini zooms in, for the first time, on the patchy, bright and dark mountains originally identified in images from NASA's...As MESSENGER neared Mercury on Jan 14, 2008, the spacecraft took this image of the planet's full crescent. The image...Astronaut Dave Williams participated in the STS-118 mission's fourth and final session spacewalk, as construction and maintenance continued on the...Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, beginning the STS-116 mission...As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, the payload bay is featured in this...The New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) took this 2-millisecond exposure of Jupiter at 04:41:04 UTC on Jan. 24,...On February 19, 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour passed over the highly active and dangerous volcanic zone of the Andes in...Water leaves its mark on the land, cutting channels and canyons where rivers flowed and leaving depressions where lakes once...Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden...Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene A. Cernan makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part...This artist's concept illustrates one possible answer to the puzzle of the "giant galactic blobs." These blobs (red), first identified...NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured this dramatic image of mountains on Jupiter's moon Io in February 2000. The image was taken...This 1961 prototype of an inflatable space station concept with a solar power system collector was 24 feet in diameter...In the distance stand the east hills, which are closest to the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in comparison to other...Named for its resemblance to a coiling spiral seen face on, the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a challenging stargazing...In this, her second venture into space, STS-31 mission specialist Kathryn Sullivan posed for this photograph as she prepared for...Nine days before it entered orbit, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this exquisite natural color view of Saturn's rings. The images...NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, center in white, and other NASA managers give a thumbs up to the crew of the...The opening drag chute slowed Endeavour as it landed on runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Endeavour crew,...This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Rosette Nebula, a pretty star-forming region more than 5,000 light-years..."Ever try to shoot a slow-flying duck while standing rigidly on a fast rotating platform, and with a gun that...Illuminated by the lights on Runway 33, Atlantis approaches touchdown, concluding mission STS-115. Aboard are Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher...Few sights in the solar system are more strikingly beautiful than softly hued Saturn embraced by the shadows of its...At 3:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on May 23, 2006, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams from International Space Station (ISS) Expedition...Saturn's largest moon, Titan, peaks out from under the planet's rings of ice. This view looks toward Titan (5,150 kilometers,...Twins Zane (foreground) and Paxton Gunn gaze at the Ambassador of Exploration Award presented by NASA to veteran journalist Walter...
