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A milestone for a NASA astronaut, a plan for the future of the space station, and moving a step closer to an...
NASA Research Park (NRP) shenandoah Plaza Historic Buildings at Moffett Federal Airfield, CA B-20 taken by Photo...
We’re not just going back to the Moon – we’re paving the way to Mars, exploring the stars, and dominating the skies,...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, congratulates SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk in front of the...
SPACE STATION CREW REFLECTS ON LEGACY OF APOLLO 11’S HISTORIC LUNAR LANDING Aboard the International Space Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Roger Crouch (center), a payload specialist, talks to the media prior to the launch of...
STS071-S-069 (7 July 1995) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon...
Confetti is launched as the spaceport's historic countdown clock is dedicated as the newest display at the Kennedy...
Some of the 1,367 pounds of cargo the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth from the space station are seen in...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon...
iss072e399613 (Dec. 20, 2024) --- The city lights of Hong Kong (bottom center) and Shenzhen, China, are different...
For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated...
In 2022, we launched our mega Moon rocket for the first time – sending the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the...
ISS037-E-000719 (13 Sept. 2013) --- Samarkand, Uzbekistan is featured in this image photographed by one of the...
Eclipses set the stage for historic science. NASA is taking advantage of the Aug. 21, 2017 eclipse by funding 11...
jsc2024e011322 (Jan. 28, 2024) --- The Crew-9 mission patch depicts the trail of a rocket launching en route to the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the 209-foot-tall...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After the dust settles at Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This panoramic view of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...