Above: Southern Africa and the surrounding oceans in a composite image captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean. Credit: Ocean Biology...
(Above: China’s recently launched spacecraft captured this unique image of the Earth and Moon. Credit: Xinhua News and unmannedspaceflight.com) China’s Chang’e-5 T1 spacecraft has captured some amazing images of Earth and the moon since its launch on October...
China’s ‘Jade Rabbit’ Moon rover (aka ‘Yutu’) departs from the Chang’e-3 lunar lander in December, 2013, marking the first soft landing on the moon’s surface in 40 years. Credit: CNSA/CCTV. China has just released photos of the Moon taken by...
The first picture of the moon taken by a U.S. spacecraft in 1964. Credit: NASA. Roughly five years before the first manned moon-mission, NASA set out to get a better look at our lunar neighbor. A series of spacecraft called “Rangers” attempted the 240,000 mile...
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, or PISCES, wanted to share these incredibly stunning photos of Hawaii taken from space, which we just received from NASA Astronaut Rex J. Walheim. The images were taken during STS-122 Atlantis, a NASA...