Egyptian Dust Plume, Red Sea

This astronaut photograph acquired on June 22, 2013 provides a panoramic view of most of the length of the Red Sea. The northernmost end, the Gulf of Suez, is just visible at the top center of the image and is fully 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) in ground distance from the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA Invites Media to View Orion Heat Shield Near Boston

NASA officials will visit Textron Defense Systems in Wilmington, Mass., Wednesday, July 17, to view progress being made on the heat shield for the agency's Orion spacecraft.

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Probing vegetation

The first global map of vegetation from the recently launched Proba-V has been unveiled, demonstrating that the satellite is on track to continue a 15-year legacy of global vegetation monitoring from space

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Trial by vacuum

Earth-observing mission Sentinel-1 begins month-long thermal vacuum testing

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Luca's day out

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Luca Parmitano's first spacewalk

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Two NASA Spacecraft Begin New Exploration Assignments

Two NASA spacecraft have been assigned a new mission after successfully completing their original science objectives earlier this year.

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SOFIA Observatory Peers Into Heart of Orion Nebula

A new image from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows a complex distribution of interstellar dust and stars in the Orion nebula.

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