Image: Astronaut Ed White became the first American to conduct a “spacewalk” in the vast emptiness of space on June 3, 1965 during Gemini IV. Commander James McDivitt, his mission counterpart, captured this photo of him outside the space craft over the Pacific...
Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute NASA has released the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, taken just days ago by the New Horizons spacecraft. The photo was captured using the craft’s...
Image: Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka (left) posing with Pilot Loren J. Shriver (right) at mid-deck aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January, 1985. Credit: NASA. Saturday, January 24, 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Hawaii astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka’s...
Artist rendering of NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere during its first test flight slated for Dec. 4, 2014. Credit: NASA. This Thursday (Dec. 4, 2014) NASA’s state-of-the-art Orion spacecraft will undergo its first test flight...
The ‘Made In Space’ 3D printer, installed this morning (Nov. 17) aboard the ISS microgravity lab. Credit: NASA Building objects like spare parts, tools, and even food may no longer be a science fiction dream. The first-ever 3D printer in space was...
