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May 9, 2024 · View images from NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration and Artemis.
Sep 28, 2021 · published 28 September 2021. NASA launched its powerful new Landsat 9 Earth-observing satellite into orbit on Sept. 27, 2021, on a mission to monitor our planet's land resources. The...
Early balloon and later rocket launches gave us a view of Earth from as high as 100 miles above the planet. Today we can look back at home from 100 million miles away. The first successful U.S. satellite ― Satellite 1958 Alpha, better known as Explorer 1 ― brought back the first science from space as sounds, but it wasn’t long before ...
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Dec 21, 2022 · View the Best Images from NASA’s Artemis I Mission. Rachel H. Kraft. Dec 21, 2022. Article. During Artemis I, NASA’s new mega Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), roared into the night sky and sent the Orion spacecraft on a 1.4-million-mile journey beyond the Moon and back.
- Neil Armstrong, donned in his space suit, poses for his official Apollo 11 portrait. Armstrong began his flight career as...
- S69-31743 (July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE: Aldrin was lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11...
- S69-31742 (July 1969) --- Astronaut Michael Collins. EDITOR'S NOTE: Collins resigned from the NASA space program since this picture was...
- S69-34875 (June 1969) --- The official emblem of Apollo 11, the United States' first scheduled lunar landing mission. The Apollo...
Oct 17, 2023 · A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard is seen in this 2 minute and 30 second exposure photograph as it launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA/Bill Ingalls.
Apr 2, 2024 · Combining power and capability, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration and Artemis. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and cargo directly to the Moon in a single launch. Learn More about Space Launch System.