This very nifty image was taken by a chase plane looking down as a Boeing 747 airplane ferried Space Shuttle Endeavour from California to Florida on Dec. 10, 2008, and is today's NASA picture of the day. The backdrop is the Mojave Desert in California.

Here Space Shuttle Discovery is approaching the International Space Station in February 2003 during the pitch maneuver that allows the station crew to photograph the entire shuttle to look for any possible damage from launch debris.

This unique image is of the space shuttle's tail with the limb of Earth's atmosphere in the background.

Its the space shuttle just as its is going through the sound barrier.

This is a beautiful night landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour