Titan Lithograph

On October 15, 1997, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched on an almost 7-year journey to the Saturn system. On its way, Cassini– Huygens passes Venus (twice), Earth, and Jupiter — arriving a...

Cassini–Huygens is a robotic spacecraft: that means that Cassini– Huygens is controlled by people on Earth.​ 

The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida at 4:43 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1:43 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) on October 15, 1997, aboard a Titan IVB w...

This free NASA e-Book celebrates Saturn as seen through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft. 

Because the rockets we now have are not large enough to send a spacecraft as massive as Cassini–Huygens directly to Saturn, and because the spacecraft cannot carry enough fuel to take it directly f...

Enceladus (pronounced en-SELL-ah-dus) is an icy moon of Saturn with remarkable activity near its south pole. Covered in water ice that reflects sunlight like freshly fallen snow, Enceladus reflects...

Launched in 1997 on a nearly seven-year journey, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft arrives at the ringed planet on July 1, 2004, for a four-year scientific tour of the Saturn system.​ 

On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn’s shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its rings — and, in the backgroun...

The Ranger and Surveyor projects of the 1960s were the first U.S. efforts to explore the Moon.

New views of 2014 MU69 reveal a new shape: a "pancake," and a "dented walnut."

Version B of the solar system installment of our solar system poster series.

Version A of the solar system installment of our solar system poster series.

This NASA poster set showcases the beauty of our solar system and beyond.

MarCO-B took these images as it approached Mars in November 2017.

Engineer Joel Steinkraus uses sunlight to test the solar arrays on one of the MarCO spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

On Jan. 3, 2019 the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 4 safely landed on the floor of Von Kármán crater. Four weeks later, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this spectacular view looking across ...

A commemorative plaque left on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15.

The first ever "portrait" of our solar system as seen from the outside.

Earth, described by scientist Carl Sagan as a "Pale Blue Dot," as seen by Voyager 1 from a distance of more than 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers).

What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius.

Venus, the Moon and Jupiter.

Venus and the Moon rise above a mountain.

A November 2016 "supermoon" sets over the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.

This time-lapse video captures a portion of the path that tiny Phobos takes around Mars. 

Hidden details of our home galaxy — the Milky Way — are revealed in different wavelengths.