Orion’s Recently Installed Solar Array Wings Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent.

Hubble Snaps a Special Stellar Nursery This Hubble image shows a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules. Called frEGGs for short, these dark compact globules of dust and gas can give birth to low-mass stars.

Cliffs in Ancient Ice on Mars Scientists have come to realize that, just below the surface, about one third of Mars is covered in ice.

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares for Launch to Space Station NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crewmates prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.

The Ghost Nebula ​Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long flowing veils of gas and dust.

The Iris Nebula The beautiful, blushing Iris Nebula is unique amongst its counterparts.

Thumbs Up From Out of This World ASA spacewalkers (from left) Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy give a thumbs up during a spacewalk to install hardware and upgrade International Space Station systems.

Grappling With the Future The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, also formally known as the Latching End Effector, is pictured as the International Space Station soared over the South Pacific Ocean .