The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station carrying more than 6,200 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo. Both spacecraft…
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara shows off research hardware supporting the UMAMI, or Understanding of Microgravity on Animal-Microbe Interaction, space biology…
The waning gibbous Moon is pictured just above Earth’s horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above a…
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli uses a portable glovebag to swap components inside the BioFabrication Facility (BFF) located in the International…
In the foreground, the golden cymbal-shaped solar array of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is partially illuminated by the Sun and shadowed by other exterior station…
Just a few feet away from a 70mm camera onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Russian-built control module and the U.S.-built Unity connecting module are…
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its…
The sun’s glint beams in between a cloudy stretch of the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. Credit: NASA Research to promote health…
Orbiting nearly 260 miles above the Middle East, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured this image of the Persian Gulf. In the foreground, one of the…
Retired NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, known for her two spaceflights and leadership in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, has died at 76. Her notable achievements include…
An aurora dances in the horizon of Earth’s atmosphere as city lights shine through clouds cast over Mongolia while the International Space Station orbited 263…
NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured stunning images of Mars and its moon Phobos, providing a unique perspective of the planet’s curved landscape and atmosphere. This…
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara treats brain cell-like samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox aboard the International Space…
The sun’s first rays burst through the Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Pacific…
The restored image of Earthrise. A high-quality black and white image was colored using hues from the original color photos. Credit: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew,…
The city lights (bottom center to far left) of Moscow and Saint Petersburg in Russia, to Helsinki, Finland, are framed by an aurora in this…
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its…
The restored image of Earthrise. A high-quality black and white image was colored using hues from the original color photos. Credit: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew,…
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara uses a portable glovebag to replace components on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that…
This image taken from the International Space Station shows swaths of airglow hovering in Earth’s atmosphere. NASA’s new Atmospheric Waves Experiment will observe airglow from…