Aeronautics: NASA’s First ‘A’
Aeronautics, the first A of the NASA acronym, has always been a part of the agency.
Apollo 7 Crew Trains to Test Technology for Missions to the Moon
This Aug. 5 1968 image was taken aboard the MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Apollo 7 crew, Walter Schirra, Walter...
Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria Works on Constructing the International Space Station
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic women and men of NASA. In this Feb. 2007 photo, astronaut...
Opportunity Emerges in a Dusty Picture
NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again.
Our Sun: Two Wavelengths, Two Different Images
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory views our Sun in ten different wavelengths because each wavelength reveals different solar features.
John Young Makes Last Minute Inspection of Gemini III
John W. Young (1930-2018), born on Sept. 24, was NASA's longest-serving astronaut and the only astronaut to fly missions in the Gemini, Apollo and...
Hubble’s Galaxies With Knots, Bursts
In the northern constellation of Coma Berenices lies the impressive Coma Cluster — a structure of over a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity.
Small Satellite Demonstrates Possible Solution for ‘Space Junk’
The International Space Station deployed this small satellite for the NanoRacks-Remove Debris investigation, designed to demonstrate an approach to reduce the risks presented by...
First Light Data for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Just over a month into its mission, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites. These early...
Juno Captures Elusive ‘Brown Barge’
A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
