Image of the DayThe Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the "butterfly wing"- shaped nebula, NGC 2346. The nebula is about 2,000...In this 1959 image, a technician checks the Mercury full-scale capsule model prior to testing at NASA Langley Research Center,...Flooding the night sky with its blazing light, Space Shuttle Discovery leaps toward the sky from Launch Pad 39B on...Astronaut Gus Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John...Light emitted by a planet far beyond our Solar System has been identified for the first time. The planet, illustrated...The Earth's horizon and the Shuttle Discovery are reflected in a spacewalking astronaut's visor during the STS-103 mission in December...Astronaut Carlos I. Noriega, mission specialist, waves toward his space walk partner, astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, as Tanner snaps a...When the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed into orbit aboard the Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990, the world of astronomy...Space Shuttle Discovery is bathed in light on Launch Pad 39B. Seen above the external tank is the vent hood...This stereo view of Mars' Victoria Crater combines two of the three images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science...The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex...This 1992 photo shows an F-16 Scamp model being tested in the Basic Aerodynamics Research Tunnel or BART, at NASA's...Harsh lighting produced this dramatic effect as mission specialist Gregory Harbaugh photographed colleague Joseph Tanner during their second spacewalk to...In this 1999 photograph, Ken Strite, NASA Quality Control, inspected the connection between Space Shuttle Discovery and the external tank...Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture...In the quest to better understand the birth of stars and the formation of new worlds, astronomers have used NASA's...Images from the world's first high definition television (HDTV) broadcast from space flashed across the screen yesterday in Times Square....Expedition 13 crewmembers-cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (center), commander, and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (right), flight engineer-along with spaceflight participant Anousheh...NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes teamed up to expose the chaos that baby stars are creating 1,500 light years...This week marks six years of continuous crew operations aboard the International Space Station (ISS).With his feet secured on the Canadarm2, European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, an STS-116 mission specialist, works to relocate...Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this monstrous object is actually a pillar of gas...In the nearby galaxy known as the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova and begun...This 1961 photograph from NASA's Langley Research Center pictures a .005 inch x 1 inch supersonic transport scale model for...NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope finds a delicate flower in the Ring Nebula, as shown in this image. The outer shell...This aerial view of Launch Complex 14 with Missile Row visible to the right shows the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9), which...Sunlight filters through Saturn's rings in sepia tones in this artful view of the dark side of the rings taken...Earth and its moon are nicely framed in this image taken from the aft windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery...How tall are mountains on Jupiter's moon Io? One way to find out is to view them at sunset. Tall...This false-color view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rover's 652...This photograph taken on December 15, 1965 shows the Gemini 7 spacecraft as it was observed from the hatch window...The photograph from 1959 shows the Project Mercury Altitude Wind Tunnel Gimbaling Rig. The Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility,...Taken by the Viking 1 lander shortly after it touched down on Mars, this image is the first photograph ever...What did the first quasars look like? The nearest quasars are now known to be supermassive black holes in the...In the turbulent era of 1960s Cold War confrontations, Moon race headlines, and war in southeast Asia, eight test pilots...This multiple exposure from 1967 shows a simulated landing of the Apollo Lunar Lander trainer at Langley's Lunar Landing Research...Through the combined efforts of JPL and the Army Ballistic Missile Ballistic Agency, Explorer 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.,...On May 19, 2005, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the sun sank below the rim of...The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of January 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed,...This bird's-eye view combines a self-portrait of the spacecraft deck and a panoramic mosaic of the Martian surface as viewed...
