On Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at 2:12 ET a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the Landsat 9 satellite is slated to lift off on a mission to observe Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51522053003_dedef32d58_o.jpeg
The engine on United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket fires to launch the Landsat 9 satellite on a mission to observe Earth on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51525805040_bf58aac0ae_o.jpeg
Project scientist Mark Clampin is reflected in the flight mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/5739767857_b299285ef6_o.jpeg
Pedro Cota is a video producer for NASA en español the agency's Science Mission Directorate. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/img_9392_1.jpg
Before NASA could send humans to space, the agency needed to better understand the effects of prolonged weightlessness on the human body. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gallaudet_eleven-zero_g_test_edited2.jpg
When it comes time for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft to power itself through deep space, it’ll be more brain than brawn that does the work. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/e-pia24030-side-by-side-thrusters-16.jpg
SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured as it backs away from the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e434505.jpg
This artist's conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/549310main_pia14093-43_full.jpg
The seven-member Expedition 65 crew gathered for a portrait inside the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e440627.jpg
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features two interacting galaxies that are so intertwined, they have a collective name – Arp 91. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2140a.jpg
A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/117227main_image_feature_342_ys_full.jpg
NASA's Lucy mission will explore a record-breaking number of asteroids. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lucytargetspreview.jpg
With the Lucy spacecraft aboard, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51588477876_00484cf555_o.jpeg
Concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by the Mars Perseverance rover. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24870.jpeg
A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 274 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e473253.jpg
The Hubble Space Telescope's glamour shots of the universe nearly always have a discovery behind them. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51545168002_ea41161857_o.png
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida lifted the Orion spacecraft and placed it atop the Space Launch System Moon rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/artemisi.jpg
This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_lightsaber_image2.jpg
In June 2021, NASA received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth in December 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e022434.jpg
On October 8, 2014, active regions on our Sun gave it the appearance of a jack-o'-lantern. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/halloween_sun_2014.jpeg