This “image of the day” from NASA’s (recent) history is a black and white infrared image just after liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
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August 2, 2019. Click image for high-resolution view. Rising above the clouds and the Sea of Okhotsk, the uninhabited Atlasov Island appears as a distinctive…
Image of the Cygnus space freighter departing the International Space Station moments after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Credit: NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus…
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins performs the Grasp experiment in the Columbus module of the International Space Station ahead of the New Year. The experiment studies…
Dozens of experiments are going on at any given time aboard the International Space Station. Research conducted in 2020 is advancing our understanding in areas…
October 25, 2020 An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of a 30-kilometer (20-mile) long lagoon on the eastern shore of…
This holiday season is different than usual for the current crew members on the International Space Station. Expedition 64 astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon…
The members of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, and ESA…
A team of MIT researchers has sent a panel of passive smart fabric samples to the International Space Station for a year to help determine…
On November 30, 2020, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvested radish plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) aboard the International Space Station. She meticulously…
Plant Habitat-02 (PH-02) photographed on November 11, 2020, by NASA astronaut Kate Rubins aboard the ISS. Credit: NASA/Kate Rubins Earlier this month, NASA astronaut Kate…
[embedded content] Part of the appeal of Thanksgiving is how easily we settle into the familiar: cherished foods, friends and family, and favorite activities like…
[embedded content] Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi…
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four Commercial Crew astronauts is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking. Credit: NASA NASA astronauts Michael…
The Expedition 64 (left) crew is waiting to greet the SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA Television and the agency’s website are…
Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A…
Monday, November 2, 2020, marked 20 years since the first crew took up residence on the International Space Station. Since then the football field-sized feat…
[embedded content] Monday, November 2, 2020, marked 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. Relive a few memorable moments from the…
Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Kate Rubins points to the International Space Station’s “voting booth” where she cast her vote from space this month. This is…
Picture taken by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst aboard the ISS in 2014. Credit: Alexander Gerst/ESA Night aboard the International Space Station can seemingly…