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Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (l) addresses visitors gathered for the official transfer of the...
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, in his luncheon speech at the symposium Oct. 26, spoke about the newly...
art002e020904 (April 6, 2026) – As the Artemis II crew went around the Moon, during one of the observation periods,...
B-roll of NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flying over the Mojave Desert in California on April 14,...
jsc2024e043914 (7/10/2024) --- In-Space Expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Clinical Application...
This image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a broad coronal hole was the dominant feature this week on...
During its close flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas on Aug. 2, 2005, Cassini caught a glimpse of Mimas against the broad...
Seen by NASA Cassini spacecraft within the vast expanse of Saturn rings, Prometheus appears as little more than a...
NASA Cassini spacecraft captures three magnificent sights at once: Saturn north polar vortex and hexagon along with...
ISS015-E-22276 (13 Aug. 2007) --- Smoke plumes from wide-spread fires across Idaho, Utah and Montana are featured in...
The Direct Gain Solar Thermal Engine was designed with no moving parts. The concept of Solar Thermal Propulsion...
Inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, Bethanne’ Hull, left, of NASA Outreach, and engineer Krista...
ISS047e133469 (05/25/2016) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Tim Peak (left) and NASA Astronaut Jeff...
STS034-44-023 (20 Oct. 1989) --- The Southern Lights or Aurora Australis were photographed by the STS-34 crewmembers...
The laptop computer in the foreground displays Rachel Power, left, of NASA’s Digital Expansion to Engage the Public...
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city in Arizona. It is also the fifth largest city in the US. It was...
The camera in the foreground is recording NASA engineer Krista Shaffer, left, and Rachel Power of NASA’s Digital...
SL2-05-422 (22 June 1973) --- This section of the lower Mississippi River (34.0N, 90.0W) known as the Yazoo Basin,...
S115-E-06186 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts spread a second set of wings for the...
NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an...
The Chinese Zhurong rover, named after the god of fire in Chinese mythology, landed in Utopia Planitia in May 2021....
NASA engineer Krista Shaffer, right, is interviewed by Rachel Power of NASA’s Digital Expansion to Engage the Public...
NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an...
NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an...