Canadian CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Avdeev inspect the Russian Space...
Sunglint on the Indus River, Sukkar, and Rohri, Pakistan, as seen from Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-83, 4th to 8th April 1997. STS-83 is a...
View of the Nile River valley illustrating the agricultural land use, including views of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, as seen from the...
The vertical stabilizer of the Space Shuttle Endeavour directs the eye to the phenomenon of sun streaks and shadows on clouds over the south western...
Tropical Storm Iniki over the North Pacific, dissipating from hurricane status when this photo was taken from the Space Shuttle Endeavour during...
Aerial view showing the 'bullseye' of the Richat Structure, also known as 'Guelb er Richat', an eroded geological dome, exposing sedimentary rock in...
An image of abstract shapes comprised numerous subparallel, very long, orange colored linear dunes and patchy grey dry lakes , aligned north to south...
This detailed view of the eye of Super Typhoon Yuri showing the bowl-shaped structure of the eye wall, in an image taken from Space Shuttle Atlantis...
Ten astronauts and cosmonauts onboard Russian Mir Space Station's Base Block, January 1998; in conventional position mode are David A Wolf, mission...
The Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System against a background of eastern Egypt and Sudan, the River Nile and Lake Nasser in this view from the...
The inertial upper stage /Tracking and Data Relay Satellite spacecraft combination against the blackness of space minutes after its release above the...
The Spacelab module in the STS-94 orbiter Columbia's payload bay as shuttle mission STS-94 passes over the Middle East, offering a view showing the...
American NASA astronaut Kent Rominger and Canadian CSA astronaut Julie Payette in the US-built Unity node during outfitting of the International...
American NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa floats through the tunnel connecting the International Space Station with the Space Shuttle Discovery during...
Image of Earth, showing southern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, the northern coast of Africa, and the Middle East, captured by Meteosat-1, launched...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite in a geosynchronous orbit above the Earth minutes after its deployment from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle...
Sakurajima volcano plume, Kyushu, Japan, as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during NASA Mission STS-29, 13th-18th March 1989.
The Oil Export, Persian Gulf, as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during NASA Mission STS-29, 13th-18th March 1989; the docks of Dhahran City, Saudi...
Pivot Irrigation, Saudi Arabia, as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during NASA Mission STS-29, 13th-18th March 1989; the lighter areas are thin...
The Canadian-built remote manipulator system , a robot arm-like device, lifts the West German MBB Shuttle pallet satellite from the cargo bay of...
Center pivot irrigation in northern Saudi Arabia, as seen from the space shuttle Columbia during NASA's STS-65 mission, July 1994.
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery during NASA's STS-60 mission, February 1994.
Mount Everest in the Himalayas, as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis during NASA's STS-66 mission, November 1994. Also visible is Cho Oyu,...
Bush fires in southern Mozambique, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery during NASA's STS-70 mission, July 1995.
The Karakoram mountains of Pakistan, China and India, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery during NASA's STS-56 mission, April 1993.
The northern end of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery during NASA's STS-60 mission, February 1994.
The coastline of Israel, as seen from the space shuttle Columbia during NASA's STS-94 mission, July 1997.
The vortex of a storm in the Indian Ocean, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery during NASA's STS-51-D mission, April 1985.
Stratocumulus clouds off the southwest coast of Los Angeles, as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis during NASA's STS-44 mission, November 1991.
The Wake Shield Facility , an experimental science platform, positioned at the end of the Remote Manipulator System on the space shuttle Discovery...
Mile-wide stormcloud over the coast of Nigeria, as seen from the space shuttle Columbia during NASA's STS-55 mission, 2nd May 1993.
Johnson Space Center, Houston - Earth Orbit - NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott, left, has just completed drawing blood from the arm of Byron K....
Earth Orbit: What appears to be a space card game is actually just four STS-9 crew enjoying a rare brief moment of collective fun inside the Spacelab...
Cape Kennedy, FL- The sun rises over the Saturn V. The giant rocket will come to life 5/14 afternoon carrying Skylab I into an orbit 269 miles above...
Skylab Space Station- A closeup view of the Skylab space station cluster, photographed against a black sky background from the Skylab 3 command...
Skylab Space Station- This outstanding photograph shows astronaut activity under zero gravity conditions aboard the Skylab I/II space station cluster...
News Diagram: The Soviet Union sent its third Sputnik into orbit May 15th. This diagram compares the relative orbits of Sputnik III and the 3...
Russian space dogs Strelka and Belka were sent into space aboard Sputnik 5 on August 19, 1960. They were accompanied on their journey by 40 mice, 2...
Two Soviet cosmonauts test a pressure suit worn by a Czechoslovakian cosmonaut on the Salyut 6 space station, orbiting the Earth. | Location: aboard...
Astronaut Shannon Lucid sporting Congressional Space Medal of Honor awarded to her by Pres. Clinton in WH ceremony, 1st woman to receive medal,...
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
World's largest radio telescope, an 18-1/2 acre bowl in earth, suspended line feed sends and receives radar beams bounced off curved antenna.
State Police Bomb Squad vehicles carrying material fr. Space Station storage facility allegedly rented by World Trade Ctr. Bombing suspect Mohammed...
Dr. Jill Tarter, project scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, posing on platform 500 ft above the huge radio telescope dish...
Mike Lucid, husband of astronaut Shannon, holding model space station while standing w. Daughters Shani & Kawai.
Scientists working at the field lab of the National Bureau of Standards taking measurements of Sputnik I signals.
Scientist Roger Gallet of the National Bureau of Standards Boulder Laboratory charting path of Sputnik I
Bell Lab Engineer Dr. John S. Mayo, who helped repair the telstar satellite, is watching himself on the rerun of the telstar show.
Amercian astronaut Thomas D. Jones, STS-98 mission specialist, waving at crew mates while working on international space station . This image was...
