In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nancy_grace_roman_in_the_1960s_41304995814.jpeg
The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/36351_rocket_launch.jpg
These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ceb_2369.jpg
The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25122.jpeg
This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e153515.jpg
An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_hh34_potw2210a_0.png
In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51213605479_0cc634e7b5_o.jpeg
Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/17-03445-61853.jpg
NASA’s Space Launch Syste rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51942501426_c5a1be38dd_o.jpeg
Earth's Moon is seen rising behind NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq202203170041.jpg
This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1821a-m-1699x20001a.png
A new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jupiter-mass_planet_orbiting_the_nearby_star_epsilon_eridani.jpeg
Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for the launch. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/john_young_s65-23488orig.jpg
One of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 has been opened under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2022e017003.jpg
Wally Funk delivers remarks after accepting the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51959521353_17667db8e7_o.jpeg
Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25161_-_spitzer_collision_cloud.jpg
Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2017e029829_large.jpg
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51970937381_9d3d2e370a_o.jpeg
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2022e011412.jpg
Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nasa_sls_artemis_i_horizontal.jpg