Ellison Onizuka: First Asian American in Space

Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to fly in space.

InSight Sees Drifting Clouds on Mars

NASA's InSight Mars Lander used its Instrument Context Camera beneath the lander's deck to image these drifting clouds at sunset on the Red Planet.

Astronaut Ricky Arnold Talks STEM Education

Today is National Teacher Day! NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold was a science teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf, Maryland.

Liftoff of SpaceX's CRS-17 Dragon Cargo Craft

SpaceX's Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Saturday, May 4.

Hubble Spots Stunning Spiral Galaxy

NGC 2903 is located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (the Lion), and was studied as part of a Hubble survey of the central regions of roughly 145 nearby disk galaxies.

How Atmospheric Sounding Transformed Weather Prediction

In the late 1950's, NASA scientist Lewis Kaplan developed a groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting.

InSight Lander Captures a Sunset on Mars

NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset on Mars on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This was taken around 6:30 p.m. Mars local time.