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You don't necessarily need fancy equipment to watch one of the sky's most awesome shows: a solar eclipse. With just...
It’s 5 a.m. on a normal September day and #NASAExplorers have gathered in a California field to watch a rocket...
Highlights of the November sky include how to watch as Mercury transits the Sun on Nov. 11, plus how to observe the...
Neptune will be at opposition in September, providing sky watchers and astronomers the opportunity to observe this...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Spectators line the banks of the turn basin to watch the dawn launch of Space Shuttle...
S89-25704 (Feb 1989) --- Astronaut James P. Bagian, STS-29 mission specialist, works his way down to "safety" using...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Spectators line the banks of the turn basin to watch the dawn launch of Space Shuttle...
S95-09131 (27 Apr. 1995) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist, watches as one his seven STS-73...
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured...
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the launch team in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center watch the...
S85-41246 (26 Sept 1985) --- The STS 61-A/Spacelab D-1 crewmembers are seen in this training scene in the Johnson...
In the mid-1800s, mariners sailing the southern seas navigated at night by a brilliant star in the constellation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A Shuttle Training Aircraft, or STA, top center, watches over space shuttle Atlantis as it...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, Shuttle Program manager Wayne Hale (far...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A Shuttle Training Aircraft, or STA, top right, watches over space shuttle Atlantis as it...
Photographic documentation of the STS-95 crew emergency egress training at the bldg 9A Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT)....
Photographic documentation of the STS-95 crew emergency egress training at the bldg 9A Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT)....
On Feb. 18, 2021, the world watched live as NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team attempted the most daring part of its...
At the commissioning of a new high-pressure helium pipeline at Kennedy Space Center, participants watch as...
At the commissioning of a new high-pressure helium pipeline at Kennedy Space Center, participants watch as...
On Oct. 14, 2023, a “ring of fire,” or annular, solar eclipse will travel from the Oregon coast to the Gulf of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Under the watchful eyes of the media, an upper-level weather balloon begins its lift...