Outer Space

First Space Shuttle launch on April 12, 1981

This view of Earth at night is a cloud-free view from space as acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite

Restored footage of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.

These are our explorers. They're the people who will get us to the Moon, collect Moon rocks, deliver them to Earth safely, and ensure that we can study them for years to come. On episode one of “NASA Explorers: Artemis Generation," meet astronaut Jessica Watkins, engineer Adam Naids, Moon rock curator Julie Mitchell, and astrobiologist Jose Aponte. They each had a different path to NASA, from conducting hazardous kitchen chemistry experiments in Lima, Peru, to exploring the Louisiana Bayou, to dissecting a cow’s eye in a science program in Colorado. Each person is a vital part of NASA’s goal to conduct science on the Moon’s surface.

NASA Records Most Powerful Solar Energy Burst in Six Years on New Year's Eve Jan 2, 2024

Stunning bright Meteor captured on cam in Vietnam Dec 27, 2023

Full Flight of Starship November 18, 2023

Liftoff of Starship November 18, 2023 Long version

Liftoff of Starship November 18, 2023

A nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and "circumstantial evidence" of elusive dark matter: the European Space Agency has released the first images from its Euclid space telescope Nov 8, 2023

A new study using the Hubble Space Telescope and other telescopes has increased the estimate of galaxies in the Universe ten fold. It was previously estimated that there was 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe.

Our Webb Space Telescope captures a cosmic ring, the team behind our upcoming Psyche mission, and the unique thing about a star that was ripped apart by a black hole … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

India lands its lunar lander on the moon 8-23-2023

Meteor spotted breaking up in southern Alabama Aug 10, 2023

How Do Planets Get Their Names?

Earth From Space Live Stream : Live Views from the ISS June 9th, 2023

Vanguard TV3 Rocket Launch Explosion 1957

Video of the explosion of the main engine booster that failed to seperate of super heavy rocket from the

SpaceX Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond has been launched

How big is the universe ... compared with a grain of sand?

Adam Driver Asks NASA About Asteroids

The Journeys of Apollo is a previously produced documentary narrated by Actor Peter Cullen that relives the 40th Apollo Anniversary and mission to explore Earth's neighbor, the Moon.

Why is Venus called Earth’s evil twin? The two planets actually have a lot in common, but somewhere along the way Venus and Earth took two very different paths

Video and audio inside mission control during the reentry of space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003

Apollo 13 CBS News Coverage of Splashdown April 17th 1970