Let's go already!

what: The path into the Victoria Crater

where: on Mars
who: MER Opportunity
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Venus, the orange

what: Venus

where: 108 million kms from the Sun
who: Magellan Mission
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Crab?

what: Crab Nebula (NGC 1952)

where: 6000 lightyears
who: Chandra Space Telescope
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

HST

what: The first Hubble Servicing Mission

where: standard orbit
who: STS-061
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Greenish-redish

what: Steamy Star (NGC 1333)

where: 1000 lightyears
who: Spitzen Space Telescope
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Best seat in the house

what: Clouds over Earth

where: standard orbit
who: ISS-15
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Sandsea

what: Cape Verde

where: Mars
who: MER Opportunity
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

The Eye

what: Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

where: 650 lightyears
who: Spitzer Space Telescope
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Great colors!

what: ISS over Europe

where: standard orbit
who: STS-118
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

The Pacific Ocean

what: ISS

where: standard orbit
who: NASA
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Docked to the ISS

what: Space Shuttle Endeavour

where: standard orbit
who: STS-118
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Before Launch

what: Space Shuttle Endeavour

where: Florida, USA
who: NASA
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Italy

what: ISS over South-Italy

where: standard orbit
who: STS-118
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Shooting Star

what: Mira

where: 350 lightyears
who: GALEX
more: [Hi-Res version] [Related Images] [Data Sheet]

Supernova explosion (p5/5)

what: Veil Nebula (NGC 6992,6995,6960)

where: 1440 lightyears and 5000 years into the past
who: NASA
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet]

Supernova explosion (p4/5)

what: Veil Nebula (NGC 6992,6995,6960)

where: 1440 lightyears
who: HST
more: Hi-Res version Data Sheet Wallpaper

Supernova explosion (p3/5)

what: Veil Nebula (NGC 6992,6995,6960)

where: 1440 lightyears
who: HST
more: Hi-Res version Data Sheet Wallpaper

Supernova explosion (p2/5)

what: Veil Nebula (NGC 6992,6995,6960)

where: 1440 lightyears
who: HST
more: Hi-Res version Data Sheet Wallpaper

Supernova explosion (p1/5)

what: Veil Nebula (NGC 6992,6995,6960)

where: 1440 lightyears
who: HST
more: [Hi-Res version] [Data Sheet] [Wallpaper]

EVA

what: Hubble Servicing Mission

where: in orbit
who: STS-061
more: Hi-Res version Data Sheet

In the cocktail shaker

what: Variable star V838 Monocerotis

where: 20000 lightyears
who: NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (STScI)
more: Hi-Res version Data Sheet

Much like in Heroes

what: Total eclipse of the Sun

where: on the Earth
who: g_lehnert
more: Hi-Res version

Moonrise

what: Moonrise from orbit

where: 300km standard obrit
who: STS103
more: Data Sheet and Hi-Res

Rose

what: The Heart of the Rosette (NGC 2244)

where: 5200 lightyears away in the Monoceros constellation
who: Spitzer Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res [1669x1439,150kb] HQ Hi-res [3000x2400,1.5Mb] Data Sheet

Green and Pink

what: The Seven Sisters (M45)

where: 430 lightyears
who: Spitzer Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res [2400x3000,1.7Mb] No caption Hi-res [2855x2855,300kb] Data Sheet

what: Pink Pleiades (M45)

where: 430 lightyears
who: Spitzer Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res [2400x3000,1.7Mb] No caption Hi-res [2855x2855,360kb] Data Sheet

Arms

what: Mysterious Arms Revealed (NGC 4258)

where: 22 millio lightyears
who: XMM-Newton+Chandra+Spitzer+VLA
more: Hi-Res version [3000x2501,42.7Mb] Story on nasa.gov Data Sheet

what: Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 1672)

where: 60 millio lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [5302x3805,25.31Mb] Story

The Bravest

what: Bruce McCandless II in the MMU

where: Low Earth orbit
who: STS-41B
why: Astronauts McCandless and Stewart performed the first untethered space walk operating the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) for the first time.
more: Hi-Res version [3072x3072,7.5Mb] More about MMU, More about STS-41B

what: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

where: 384399 kms
who: Apollo 11
why: No other Apollo photograph has been reproduced as often as this portrait of Buzz.
more: Hi-Res version [2349x2373,1.1Mb] Original TV footage [6.4Mb]

Curly

what: Aurora Australis from the Space Shuttle Discovery

where: South Pole
who: STS-114
more: Hi-Res version, Mirror [2946x1932,2.1Mb] About Auroras

what: Aurora Australis from far away

where: South Pole
who: I.M.A.G.E.
more: Wallpaper [1280x1024,185kb] Raw image [1280x1024,3.7Mb] About Auroras

How we explore

what: Driving on the Moon

where: 384399 kms
who: Apollo 17
more: Hi-Res version [1500x1501,1.7Mb] About Apollo 17

what: Building the ISS

where: 350 kms
who: STS-116
more: Hi-Res version [3032x2064,1.7Mb] About STS-116

Irregular

what: Total Moon Eclipse 2007

where: 384399 kms
who: turfcutter
more: Hi-Res, Mirror [3456x2304,775kb] About lunar eclipses, More..

what: Extreme Ultraviolet Sun

where: 150 million kms
who: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
more: Hi-Res [1800x1800,1.1Mb] More..

Infinite zoom

what: Extended Groth Strip

where: 6.5 billion lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: High quality video 1 [640x480,97.6Mb] High quality video 2 (narrated) [640x360,83.8Mb] Data Sheet

Crystal clear

what: Saturn

where: 1.5 billion kms
who: Cassini-Huygens
more: Hi-Res version [4088x2908,1.9Mb] Data Sheet

what: Saturn

where: 1.5 billion kms
who: Cassini-Huygens
more: Hi-Res version [1589x1402,756kb] Data Sheet

Those colors O_O

what: A Bubble Bursts (RCW 79)

where: 17200 lightyears
who: Spitzer Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [2600x2925,5.2Mb] Data Sheet

what: The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (NGC 4594)

where: 28 million lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [11472x6429,7.12Mb] Data Sheet

After dinner

what: The Double Cluster (NGC 1850)

where: 170000 lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [2210x1546,3.79Mb] Data Sheet

what: Pleiades Star Cluster (NGC 1432/35)

where: 440 lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [4877x3515,1.99Mb] Data Sheet

A pulsar

what: Vela Supernova Remnant (NGC 6955)

where: 800 lightyears
who: ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator
more: Hi-Res version [1200x1102,593Kb] Data Sheet

Kenny?

what: The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392)

where: 5000 lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version [2190x2157,1.7Mb] Data Sheet

Oh the colors

what: The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)

where: 7100 lightyears
who: National Optical Astronomy Observatory
more: Hi-Res version [4000x4056, 18.67Mb] Data Sheet

what: Solar Atmosphere

where: 150 million kms
who: XRT on Hinode
more: Mirror [1024x512, 16Mb, 20sec] Data Sheet

Blue and red

what: The Orion Nebula (NGC 1976)

where: 1500 lightyears
who: Greiner Research Observatory
more: wallpaper & gigasize [3964x2572, 600kb]


what: The Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star (NGC 2440)

where: 4000 lightyears
who: Hubble Space Telescope
more: Hi-Res version, Data Sheet

Sun and sand

what: Sunspot 917

where: 150 million kms
who: an amateur
more: Hi-Res version [1280 x 922, 1.1Mb] Data Sheet

what: Dust over the Arabian Sea

where: Arabian Sea
who: MODIS
more: Hi-Res version, Data Sheet