NASA Astronaut Richard Arnold, a native of Maryland, hands a baseball jersey that flew on board the space shuttle during the STS-119 mission to Brad Bergesen.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
NASA Astronaut Richard Arnold
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
NASA pilots Jack Nickel
NASA pilots Jack Nickel (in the jet with tail number 62) and Charles Justiz fly over for a bird's eye view of two shuttles on the launch pad. Shuttle.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Jupiter's moon Europa
Jupiter's moon Europa has a crust made up of blocks, which are thought to have broken apart and 'rafted' into new positions, as shown in the image on......
27 Apr 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
A mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle
A mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle floats in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. NASA engineers are testing this 18,000-pound mock-up.....
Friday, April 24, 2009
Edmund Hillary
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal, became the first humans to successfully climb to the peak of Mt. Everest,......
23 Apr 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The All-American Canal, the largest irrigation canal
The All-American Canal, the largest irrigation canal in the world and a key landmark along the U.S.-Mexico border, is the focus of this image, taken by.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Apollo 16 crew captured
The Apollo 16 crew captured this Earthrise with a handheld Hasselblad camera during the second revolution of the moon. Identifiable craters seen on the......
19 Apr 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Technicians were performing pre-launch testing
Technicians were performing pre-launch testing of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral when this photo was taken on May 14, 1963.......
09 Apr 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Soyuz TMA
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American Spaceflight Participant Charles......07 Apr 2009