This composite image shows the International Space Station, with a crew of three onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
This view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th revolution of the Earth on Oct. 12, 1968. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the achievements of astronaut Ellen Ochoa and other Hispanic astronauts and professionals at NASA. Floating upside down and reading a checklist may not be how most of us perform the day's work, but it was for Ochoa on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-96 mission. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Uncrewed Japanese Vehicle Delivers Supplies to the Space Station
Viewed from a window inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," is the Japanese Exploration Agency's H-II Transfer Vehicle-7. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity
This artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A shows the dusty donut-shaped surroundings, called a torus, and jets launching from its center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis deployed NASA's Galileo spacecraft six hours, 30 minutes into the STS-34 mission. Galileo arrived at Jupiter in December, 1995 and spent eight years in orbit around the gas giant, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Hubble Spies Glittering Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy
This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
On Sept. 25, 2018, Parker Solar Probe captured a view of Earth as it sped toward the first Venus gravity assist of the mission. Earth is the bright, round object visible in the right side of this image. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
The ghost of Cassieopeia's ethereal glow might remind people of apparitions such as those reported by paranormal investigators. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, which means many people living in mountainous areas are awakening to fog-filled valleys. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Senator John Glenn during water survival training for the STS-95 mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery launched with Senator Glenn aboard, as he returned to space for the first time since his 1962 flight. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Happy birthday, Michael Collins! Test pilot and NASA astronaut Michael Collins served as the pilot for Gemini X and as the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission, the first time humans set foot on another celestial body. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Orion’s European Service Module to Arrive for First Mission
The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)