Latest Missions
Perseverance Rover
The Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021 to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock samples for return to Earth.
Artemis Program
NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon by 2024, including the first woman and the next man.
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in December 2021 and will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
Astronauts
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon.
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut, physicist, and engineer. She became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race.
Gallery
The Pillars of Creation
The Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula.
Earthrise
Earthrise is a photograph taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968, showing Earth rising above the lunar horizon.
The Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System, consisting of billions of stars and their planetary systems, along with various types of interstellar matter.