As a payload communications manager Penny J. Pettigrew spends most days in the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall Space Flight Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/elg_1889.jpg
This view of Earth’s horizon as the Sun sets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by the Expedition 7 crew onboard the International Space Station in 2003. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/5091372229_ebca868ffd_o.jpeg
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous Hubble image release. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2113a.jpg
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured attached to the space station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e047042.jpg
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51098576589_a0e8182e15_o.jpeg
Today is World Health Day and we're funding studies to determine whether environmental factors influence the spread of the virus. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ecostress_lst_milpitasca_22may2020.jpg
A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds Mars' northern polar cap and covers an area as big as Texas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/504716main_pia13662-full_full.jpg
Mary W. Jackson (second from left) seen in 1984 Student Symposium at Langley Research Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lrc-1984-b701_p-03279_large.jpeg
When space shuttle Columbia took to the skies, a new era of spaceflight took wing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s81-30503_orig.jpeg
In April 2019, ablack hole and its shadow were captured in an image for the first time. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/blackholefirst.png
This image, taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 2012, shows an extraordinary outburst from a black hole. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/6986578034_2ff89714dd_o.jpeg
The night lights of Tokyo, Japan, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the island nation. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e038775.jpg
Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hs-article-1247a-2400x1705.jpeg
Crew-2 are seen as they prepare to depart for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51122505089_8c70f66f27_o.jpeg
In this image that astronaut Scott Kelly posted to Twitter on Aug. 9, 2015 during his #YearInSpace captures all the the places humans dwell. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/21226354458_b0fbe5e680_o.jpeg
Sunset at Gobabeb, Namibia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gobabeb_sunset.jpeg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington as it is launches the Crew-2 mission. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51134219575_0dd0282491_o.jpeg
Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/casa_crunched_0.jpg
This image from April 24, 2021, shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e002261.jpg
Astronauts on the space station recently enjoyed a fresh supply of leafy greens, thanks in large part to the efforts of astronaut Michael Hopkins. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gardener_flower_042721.jpg
After its journey from NASA’s Stennis Space Center aboard the Pegasus barge, the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on April 27, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20210429-ph-jbs01_0007.jpg