November 3
As seen from a small plane over the Central Atlantic, in a first-of-its-kind intercept, a near zero-second total eclipse.
Gallery
September 6
As seen from NYC, an Orbital Sciences Minotaur V rocket, the first, zooms to the moon with NASA's LADEE spacecraft!
Gallery
Nov. 4: Total Solar Eclipse 2013
Sept. 27: MAVEN Mars probe in cleanroom
THE SPACE SHUTTLE
Photo Archive: Missions & Retirement
STS-135 STS-134 STS-133 STS-132 STS-131 STS-130 STS-129 STS-128 STS-127 STS-125 STS-119
STS-126 STS-124 STS-123 STS-122 STS-120 STS-118 STS-117 STS-116 STS-115 STS-121 STS-114
STS-107 STS-109 STS-100 More shuttle photos
See the inside of the space shuttle. Purchase a print of the lighted flight deck just like it was during a mission.
Endeavour (above)
Atlantis
Discovery
June 20
LIKE NO OTHER aerospace display on the planet, visitors can now see Space Shuttle Atlantis up close, appearing to fly through space in all its glory at the KSC Visitor Complex.
Gallery
February-July 2011
Photography of the final shuttle missions, STS-133 Discovery (above), STS-134 Endeavour & STS-135 Atlantis (top) are available from preparations all the way through launch to landing.
STS-133
STS-134
STS-135
More spectacular photos can be found in the mission archive above, dating back over the final 12 years of the space shuttle program.
April-November 2012
Each of the three Space Shuttles, Discovery (top), Endeavour and Atlantis were retired in 2012. Discovery is now on display at the Smithsonian outside Washington, Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, and Atlantis right here at Kennedy Space Center.
Extensive photo galleries cover the process of retiring and getting the shuttles to their new homes.
Discovery
Endeavour
Atlantis