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ALT A detailed view of the Moon’s heavily cratered gray surface fills the left side of the image. In the distance on the right, a thin crescent Earth appears illuminated against a black sky, with the blue and white colors of the planet visible along the bright edge. Credit: NASA
ALT A technician watches as a specialist in a bulky white spacesuit uses a grasping tool to pick up a rock in a laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas
ALT Members of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 2 crew stands in their workspace after spending a year in their isolated and confined habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. (from left: James Spicer, Matthew Montgomery, Ellen Ellis, and Ross Elder). Credit: NASA
ALT On this week's #HWHAP, Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen share the moments that stay with them, how their perspectives changed, and what's next. Credit: NASA
ALT View of the International Space Station's exterior showing large roll-out solar arrays extending across the frame. Station truss structures, robotic hardware, and attached modules are visible against the dark background of space. The solar arrays appear illuminated by sunlight, highlighting the power-generating systems that support station operations and research in orbit.
ALT Illuminated solar arrays and structural trusses of the International Space Station are shown against the darkness of space, with sunlight flaring near the center of the frame and Earth’s curved horizon visible below.
ALT Two NASA astronauts in white spacesuits work outside the International Space Station, with one holding a rectangular hardware unit while a robotic arm assists near the station’s orange solar arrays.
ALT Two cylindrical Roll Out Solar Arrays wrapped in striped insulation are secured in the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft surrounded by structural supports and cables.
ALT The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. The orbital complex was flying over 250 miles above the Nile Delta in Egypt when this photograph was taken. Credit: NASA
ALT A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware for NASA's SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module's forward port. Credit: NASA
ALT Students in the control room at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory test their projects underwater with a diver in the pool. Photo Credit: NASA/James Blair