Apollo 15 Commander David Scott drives the lunar roving vehicle on the surface of the Moon, the first time the rover was used. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo15lunarrover2.jpeg
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51351712377_a30259b8d7_o.jpeg
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, as it sits on the launch pad. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51354847980_bedd09ea70_o.jpeg
An army marches on its stomach, the saying goes, and astronauts fly on theirs. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/02_iss060e006123.jpg
In this self-portrait from 2018, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover sits atop Vera Rubin Ridge, which the rover had been investigating. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22207-16.jpg
This infrared view of Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede was obtained by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its July 20, 2021, flyby. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-pia24791-jiram-ganymede-1041.jpg
Northrop Grumman’s 16th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slated to launch Aug. 10, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wff-2021-054-005.jpg
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51371961714_97a3fd9923_o.jpeg
Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/archives_m8_0.jpg
This image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth's atmosphere. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e214281.jpg
Nestled among the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own solar system. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2110a_0_0.jpeg
In this image, a NASA Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket was launched to study a very fundamental problem in space plasmas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wff-2021-017-006.jpg
Galaxies and dark matter go together like peanut butter and jelly. Rarely is one without the other. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1816a-f-16x9.png
Gene Roddenberry would have been 100 years old on Aug. 19, 2021, and we at NASA celebrate his legacy. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ec76-5806.jpg
The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above the southeast coast of Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean into an orbital sunrise. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e257936.jpg
Space Station Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency checked the fit of his U.S. spacesuit. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e257472.jpg
The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts and support personnel participate in water survival training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e017168.jpg
On Women’s Equality Day, NASA celebrates the women who are breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nancy_grace_roman_with_women_of_hubble_42081749402.jpeg
Contamination control engineers in a clean room at the Goddard Space Flight Center evaluate a propellant tank before it is installed in our Europa Clipper spacecraft. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24478.jpeg
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), located 210,000 light-years away, is one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/137805main_image_feature_448_ys_full.jpg