As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. To source
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Curiosity Sees Prominent Mineral Veins on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 18, 2015 view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a network of two-tone mineral veins at an area called “Garden City” on lower Mount Sharp. To source
ESA’s planetary defence test set for 2020
If an asteroid were spotted headed towards Earth, what could humanity do about it? ESA’s latest mission is part of a larger international effort to find out. To source
Soyuz Spacecraft Rolled Out For Launch of One-Year Crew
The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen after is was rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. To source
Vanguard Satellite, 1958
Vanguard 1, the world’s first solar-powered satellite, launched on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) 1958. To source
Launch of Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft Aboard Atlas V Rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, March 12, 2015, Florida. To source
Test Firing of Booster for NASA's New Rocket
The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday for a major-milestone ground test in preparation for future missions to help propel NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to deep space destinations, including an asteroid and Mars. To source
Ceres Seen From NASA's Dawn Spacecraft
This image of Ceres was taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on March 1; on March 6, the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored world. To source
The NACA Spirit Captured, 1945
In this 1945 photo, test pilots (from left) Mel Gough, Herb Hoover, Jack Reeder, Steve Cavallo and Bill Gray stand in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt. The photo was taken at the then-named Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, which was a research facility for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or the NACA. To source
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp
This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Mojave” site, where its drill collected the mission’s second taste of Mount Sharp. The scene combines dozens of images taken during January 2015 by the MAHLI camera at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. To source
Mars hills hide icy past
A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice. To source
Giant Filament Seen on the Sun — Feb. 10, 2015
A dark, snaking line across the lower half of the sun in this images from Feb. 10, 2015, shows a filament of solar material hovering above the sun’s surface. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory. To source
Space Station Flyover of Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti photographed the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa from the International Space Station. To source