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Mercury-Redstone 3 Launch
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Streak and Plume from SpaceX Crew-2 Launch
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Atlas at Dawn
This single, 251-second long exposure follows the early flight of an Atlas V rocket on August 8.
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Chandrayaan 2 Launch
On July 22nd this GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) MkIII rocket vanished from sight into a cloud bank an instant after this dramatic snapshot was taken.
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Apollo 11: Descent to the Moon
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Apollo 11 Launches Humans to the Moon
Everybody saw the Moon. Nobody had ever been there.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rocket Launch between Mountains
What's happening between those mountains? A rocket is being launched to space.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: InSight's First Image from Mars
Welcome to Mars, NASA Insight. Yesterday NASA's robotic spacecraft InSight made a dramatic landing on Mars after a six-month trek across the inner Solar System.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station
Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station (ISS).
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Halo of the Cat's Eye
Not a Falcon 9 rocket launch after sunset, the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky.
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