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First Image of MESSENGER Extended Mission
The first mission to the Trojan asteroids, a prelaunch milestone for our Artemis I mission, and highlighting a few...
The first launch for SpaceX under NASA's second Commercial Resupply Services contract, CRS-21 also contains a...
Our first asteroid sample return mission is back on Earth, a record ride in space for a NASA astronaut, and our...
On Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, Artemis I reached the halfway point of its 26-day mission around the Moon, flying roughly...
Large crowds gathered on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB to see the first landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia,...
Experts discuss early results of the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and its intentional...
The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conclude the...
These images show cratered regions near the moon's Mare Nubium region, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance...
The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conclude the...
The Space Shuttle Columbia glides down over Rogers Dry Lake as it heads for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base at...
Artist concept of the first rocky world discovered by NASA Kepler mission. The planet, called Kepler 10-b, is shown...
NASA's specially modified 747 with the Space Shuttle Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to Kennedy...
The launch of our first planetary defense test mission, a new docking module for the space station, and shielding...
ISS014-E-09596 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Robert L....
ISS014-E-09622 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, European Space Agency...
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission...
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission...
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission...
These images show cratered regions near the moon's Mare Nubium region, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance...
Overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Bldg 30, on the first...
Making ready for the first Artemis mission around the Moon and back, the space station is getting a new doorway to...
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission...
The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission...