In this iconic image, Station Commander Leroy Chiao of NASA watches a water bubble float between him and the camera, showing his image refracted while aboard the International Space Station. Chiao commanded Expedition 10. He holds a doctorate in chemical engineering. He is also a veteran of three sp […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Thursday, May 21, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley listen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks after the crew arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mis
Annie and John Glenn arrive at the Mission Control Center for the Gemini IV launch on June 4, 1965. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn’s wife Annie, who passed away May 19, 2020, was an advocate for people with disabilities, having overcome her own communications disor
Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center. This is one of a series of photos from 1969 that shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil and that astronauts brought back from the Apo
The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of a typhoon in the South Pacific Ocean on May 13, 2020. NASA Earth-observing satellites track hurricanes and other tropical storms wherever they occur on the planet. Image Credit: NASA 国际空间站的工作人员于2020年5月13日在南太平洋拍摄了这张台风的照片。美国宇航局的地球观测卫星跟踪
Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s first chief astronomer, is known as the ‘Mother of Hubble.’ In a time when women were discouraged from studying math and science, Roman became a research astronomer and was instrumental in taking NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope from an idea
2020 May 16 The Dark River to Antares Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Paul Schmit Explanation: A dark river seems to flow through this sky from the horizon toward colorful clouds near red giant star Antares. Murky looking, the dark river is a dusty nebula obscuring background starlight near
Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm moments before its release ending its 83-day stay at the International Space Station on May 11, 2020. Within 24 hours of its release, Cygnus b
