Earth Enveloped in Airglow

The Suwannee is known as a “blackwater river” because of its dark-brown waters laden with organic material.

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Happy birthday, Michael Collins! Test pilot and NASA astronaut Michael Collins served as the pilot for Gemini X and as the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission, the first time humans set foot on another celestial body.

After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations.

Senator John Glenn during water survival training for the STS-95 mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery launched with Senator Glenn aboard, as he returned to space for the first time since his 1962 flight.

It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, which means many people living in mountainous areas are awakening to fog-filled valleys.

The ghost of Cassieopeia’s ethereal glow might remind people of apparitions such as those reported by paranormal investigators.

On Sept. 25, 2018, Parker Solar Probe captured a view of Earth as it sped toward the first Venus gravity assist of the mission. Earth is the bright, round object visible in the right side of this image.