NASA Education Image Galleries

  • Tia Ferguson in a red coat with a furry hood in Antarctica

    Antarctic Adventure

    Tia Ferguson is a NASA engineer who spent four weeks in Antarctica on a science mission. This photo gallery documents Ferguson's trip and describes the experience in her own words.

  • An assortment of containers and science equipment on a table

    Basil Plant Growth

    In Aug. 2007, the STS-118 space shuttle mission launched with 10 million cinnamon basil seeds onboard. Nearly all of the seeds were returned to Earth for students to grow in plant growth chambers, but 16 seeds were left on the ISS, along with two plant growth chambers. Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson grew plants from the seeds and documented the plants' growth by photographing the plants as they grew.

  • Water bubble floats in front of an astronaut's face

    Fun in Microgravity

    See fun pictures of things you don't see on Earth.

  • A Great Moonbuggy Race sign

    Great Moonbuggy Race 2008

    A total of 47 high school and college teams participated in the 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race, held April 4-5, 2008, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.

  • Surface tension demonstration using water held in place by a metal loop

    Microgravity Education Image Gallery

    View images that reflect how microgravity affects how objects move, experiments react and people live.

  • Astronaut Steve Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, anchored to a foot restraint on the International Space Station's Canadarm2

    NASA Education Robotics Image Gallery

    Innovation, creativity, problem solving -- the world of robotics at NASA is all of these things. See pictures of NASA robots in action.

  • Robert H. Goddard observes a launch site from his launch control shack

    Rocketry Education Image Gallery

    See images of rocket parts, NASA's launch vehicles and rocket pioneers.

  • Karina Ogilvie floats with a look of surprise on her face

    Rollercoaster Ride

    Follow a team of college students through a week in NASA's Microgravity University.

  • The Mercury Seven astronauts wearing silver-colored spacesuits

    Spacesuit and Spacewalk History

    Take a stroll down memory lane, with an eye focused on the future. From the Mercury program to the International Space Station, from the space station to the moon, and from the moon to Mars, spacesuits have and will continue to have an important role in human space exploration.

  • Astronaut Mike Massimino waving while on a spacewalk

    Walking in Space

    Astronauts make walking in space look easy. But astronauts use a lot of tools and equipment to help them do their job and stay safe. This gallery is filled with photos of astronauts on spacewalks.