Were you moonstruck? On Saturday some were treated to a so-called Super Moon – a rare full moon that occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest to the Earth. NBC’s Charles Hadlock reports. |
John Glenn through the years From his accomplishments as a Marine Corps pilot, through his tenure with NASA and his foray into politics, take a look at the life of John Glenn, 50 years after the historic 1962 flight that made him the first American in space. |
Year in Space 2011 Click through the best cosmic images of 2011, ranging from a mock Marswalk to galaxies aglow. |
Final countdown for Atlantis Click through highlights from the space shuttle Atlantis' quarter-century of spaceflight. |
Shuttle Endeavour, this is your life Click through highlights from the space shuttle Endeavour's 19 years of service. |
Discovery's last launch Click through highlights from the shuttle Discovery's final space mission and other cosmic imagery from February 2011. |
Marvels from Mercury NASA's Messenger mission delivers the first pictures ever taken by a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet. |
See the world from the space station Click through some of the more than 450,000 photographs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. |
A rare spectacle on Saturn Click through scenes of Saturn and its rings, captured by the Cassini orbiter during the planet's first equinox in nearly 15 years. |
50 years of moon shots Up-close exploration of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite, began in 1959 and hasn't stopped. Take a look at scenes from 50 years of moon exploration. |
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