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Science, Solar System

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: The backstory and its impact

Human Spaceflight

Astronaut and accomplished pilot Joe Engle dies at 91

Wernher Von Braun explains the Saturn system to President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral in 1963. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Devil’s bargain: Remembering MW 18014, 80 years later

Oleg Kononenko floats through the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station in 2008. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Oleg Kononenko reaches a record-setting 1,000 days in space

Mariner 10.

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Mariner 10, a mission of firsts, used gravity to bend its way from Venus to Mercury

Thomas Stafford's 1966 NASA portrait. Credit NASA

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering Tom Stafford, the Apollo commander who did his part to thaw the Cold War

This image shows the star-studded center of the Milky Way towards the constellation of Sagittarius. The most famous cosmic object in this image still remains invisible: the monster at our galaxy’s heart called Sagittarius A*. Astronomers have observed stars spinning around this supermassive black hole (located right in the center of the image), and the black hole consuming clouds of dust as it affects its environment with its enormous gravitational pull. Credit: NASA

Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Milky Way, Science

How Sagittarius A* was found lurking in the center of the Milky Way

This composite image shows the three small worlds NASA Stardust spacecraft encountered during its 12 year mission. Stardust performed a flyby of asteroid Annefrank in 2002, Comet Wild in 2004, and Tempel 1 in 2011. Credit: NASA.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

Remembering Stardust, the craft that traveled billions of miles and returned with extraterrestrial cargo

Clementine observes the Moon, solar corona, and Venus in 1994. In this picture the Moon is seen illuminated solely by light reflected from the Earth — Earthshine! The bright glow on the lunar horizon is caused by light from the solar corona; the sun is just behind the lunar limb. Caught in this image is the planet Venus at the top of the frame. Credit: NASA

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

30 years ago, Clementine changed how we think about the Moon

An artist's conception of the The Beagle 2 lander. Credit: NASA.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

How the Beagle 2 was lost, then found, on Mars

James H. Newman (right) and Jerry L. Ross (lower left) work on the recently-connected Russian-built FGB Module (Zarya) and the United States-built Unity Module in 1998. The photograph was taken out the window of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

The International Space Station, a cosmic collaboration, turns 25

Human Spaceflight

Apollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath