Pilot Bob Hines in Training for Crew-4

NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters. via NASA https://ift.tt/hUNbYqa

Mark Vande Hei and Crew Mates Safely Land

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing. via NASA https://ift.tt/tcRPWjf

A Homecoming for Mark Vande Hei

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. via NASA https://ift.tt/PAgeEb7

Smash-Up: How To Create Rocky Planets

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. via NASA https://ift.tt/OJskjWK

Pioneering Female Aviator Wally Funk Wins 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement

Wally Funk delivers remarks after accepting the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement. via NASA https://ift.tt/K5j6ukO

What's New on the Moon ... After 50 Years

One of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 has been opened under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators. via NASA https://ift.tt/Cqx1lru

Contraband Corned Beef and the Gemini III Mission

Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for the launch. via NASA https://ift.tt/EsYkWJT

5,000 Exoplanets and Counting

A new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system. via NASA https://ift.tt/Uy5h6YQ

A View to a Nebula

This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens. via NASA https://ift.tt/ANZenxr

Artemis I in Moonlight

Earth's Moon is seen rising behind NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. via NASA https://ift.tt/pFaEqLk

Artemis I First Rollout

NASA’s Space Launch Syste rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. via NASA https://ift.tt/vPwSFHT

Remembering Visionary Heliophysicist Eugene Parker

Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. via NASA https://ift.tt/Z4FGPN8

NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record

In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/BmPCMJw

Who Needs Pi?

Today is Pi Day! via NASA https://ift.tt/EiQGU35

Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst

An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via NASA https://ift.tt/qTpQP46

Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station

This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/Jmdrg6K

3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors

The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZzMhQRT

Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon

These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent. via NASA https://ift.tt/8GFk6mn

Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora

The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them. via NASA https://ift.tt/s8pItSH

Nancy Grace Roman: First Chief Astronomer

In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA. via NASA https://ift.tt/ROtE8dP

A View of the Red Planet (in Blue)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called "Santa Cruz" on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. via NASA https://ift.tt/5CJQ9MN

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T Soars After Launch

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying NOAA's GOES-T, soars upward after lifting off from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 1, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/CmBrxV2

Rosemary Dobbins: Illustrating the Space Age

Rosemary Dobbins was an artist at the Marshall Space Flight Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/gHViwd8