Image of the Russian Proton rocket launching the Zvezda module, which is now a major component of the International Space Station.
Astronomy Picture of the Day offers an image of the Deep Space 1 spacecraft suspended in an assembly room. Learn about Deep Space 1's mission.
5-minute time exposure shows the Int'l Space Station's trail as it travels across the skies above Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on December 9.
Bird's-eye-view of the Sagan Memorial Station control tower taken during the Pathfinder mission to Mars in 1997.
Photo shows the docking port installed by the STS-92 crew on the International Space Station. Provided by Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Look at Apollo 12 astronaut-photographer Charles Conrad's famous November 1969 self-portrait, captured in reflection off Alan Bean's helmet.
Take a close look at the first lunar astronomical observatory, deployed by the Apollo 16 crew in 1972 and still standing on the Moon.
Examine an illustration of NASA's series of High Energy Astrophysical Observatory spacecraft, all launched in the 1970s.
Hubble Space Telescope image shows the details of the massive jet streaming from the center of galaxy M87.
Meet space walker and International Space Station repairman James S. Voss, shown here on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' mechanical arm.
Illustration of the controlled re-entry of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.
View an image of Mir, taken by STS-76 mission astronauts from the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it approached the Russian space station.
Check out astronomer Gordon Garradd's photograph of the Stardust spacecraft streaking across the skies above Loomberah, Australia.
View a NASA photograph of a shuttle plume shadow pointing directly to the moon. Includes an explanation of the phenomenon.
Enjoy a space photo of Skylab, an orbiting laboratory which operated from May 1973 to July 1979. The earth's atmosphere is visible in the back.
Photograph taken by the crew of the Shuttle Endeavor captures both the sun and the tail of the vessel hovering over the surface of the Earth.
Locate photos of such facilities as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the International Space Station. Search by keyword for a particular image.