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R Aquarii: An Expanse of Light
This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red...
Remembering Challenger and Her Crew
In this image taken in 1985, four members of the Challenger STS-51L crew train on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment.
Studying the ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is designing mission concepts to survive the planet's extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure.
Drilling Holes on the Red Planet
This image shows the Highfield drill hole, on Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale crater on Mars, made by NASA’s Curiosity rover in its search...
Sidney Poitier's Visit to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Legendary actor and diplomat, Sidney Poitier, visited JPL in 1979.
NASA Headquarters Photographers Pick Their Best
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen at Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.
Learning How Ocean Water Melts Glaciers
To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s...
X-59 Wind Tunnel Testing at NASA Glenn
This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane.
Remembering Trailblazing Pilot Charles McGee
Retired U.S. Air Force Honorary Brigadier General Charles McGee, left, spoke with NASA astronaut Alvin Drew in 2020.
The Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Has a Leak
Our Milky Way's central black hole has a leak.
NASA’s X-59 Kicks Off 2022 in Texas for Ground Testing
2021 saw significant milestones achieved in the assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST), and all eyes...
James Webb Telescope Rolls to the Pad Aboard an Ariane...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23,...
Hubble Views a Galaxy With an Explosive Past
In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million...
Ted Brown: Artist of the Space Age
There are few artists in the aerospace industry whose career was as varied or accomplished as Ted Brown.
NASA Tests the F/A-18E
A top view shows the wing loading test configuration of a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland.
