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NASA image: Microgravity
Image
Jan 1, 1997

Microgravity

This photograph from CFM is a candle flame burning over time in microgravity, it shows that the candle flame...

MSFC
NASA image: Candle Flames in Microgravity Experiment
Image
Jul 9, 1992

Candle Flames in Microgravity Experiment

Closeup view inside glovebox showing a candle flame. The Candle Flames in Microgravity experiment is carried onboard...

JSC
NASA image: Standard Candle in the Wind
Image
Jan 12, 2011

Standard Candle in the Wind

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope was able to show that a tandard candle used to measure cosmological distances is...

JPL
NASA image: Microgravity
Image
Jan 1, 1997

Microgravity

This photograph from CFM shows a candle flame burning over time in microgravity, it shows pieces of wax or soot...

MSFC
NASA image: GRC-1998-C-00485
Image
May 1, 2004

GRC-1998-C-00485

Comparison of a Candle Flame burning in normal gravity or 1-G (left) and a flame burning in Microgravity.

GRC
NASA image: 1400054
Image
Jan 30, 2014

1400054

ASTRONAUT JIM HALSELL AND MSFC DIRECTOR PATRICK SCHEUERMANN LIGHT MEMORIAL CANDLE AT REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT AT USSRC

MSFC
NASA image: STEVE MILEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT
Image
Jan 30, 2020

STEVE MILEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT

STEVE MILEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, LIGHTS A MEMORIAL CANDLE JAN. 30, HONORING...

MSFC
NASA image: GRC-2002-C-00464
Image
May 1, 2004

GRC-2002-C-00464

CANDLE FLAME IN MICROGRAVITY 2

GRC
NASA image: Olympus Mons Flows
Image
Dec 19, 2002

Olympus Mons Flows

Like drippings from a candle, these lava flows on the flank of Olympus Mons volcano, seen in this image from NASA...

JPL
NASA image: Candle in the Dark
Image
Aug 3, 2006

Candle in the Dark

Saturn rings cut across an eerie scene that is ruled by Titan luminous crescent and globe-encircling haze, broken by...

JPL
NASA image: 1400040
Image
Jan 30, 2014

1400040

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: FORMER SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT JIM HALSELL, LEFT, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE SPACE DIVISION OF...

MSFC
NASA image: 1300048
Image
Feb 1, 2013

1300048

STEVE CASH LIGHTS CANDLES IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN PURSUIT OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

MSFC
NASA image: GRC-1998-C-00486
Image
May 1, 2004

GRC-1998-C-00486

CANDLE FLAME NORMAL 1-G ONE GRAVITY AND MICROGRAVITY 0-G ZERO GRAVITY COMPARISON

GRC
NASA image: MSFC Day of Remembrance 2026
Video
Jan 22, 2026

MSFC Day of Remembrance 2026

Employees at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, gathered for a candle-lighting ceremony and...

MSFC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Like candles embedded in a sculptured “cake,” the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 with twin solid rocket boosters bolted to it inches along the crawlerway at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals. The boosters are braced at the top for stability.  The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
Image
Nov 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Like candles embedded in a sculptured “cake,” the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 with twin solid rocket boosters bolted to it inches along the crawlerway at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Like candles embedded in a sculptured “cake,” the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number...

KSC
NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
Image
Mar 24, 1998

Space Shuttle Project

The roman candle effect as seen in this picture represents the testing of a solid rocket booster (SRB) for...

MSFC
NASA image: The Expedition 64 crew celebrates Christmas
Image
Dec 25, 2019

The Expedition 64 crew celebrates Christmas

iss061e096558 (Dec. 25, 2019) --- The Expedition 61 crew celebrates Christmas day with a brunch inside the...

JSC
NASA image: 2015 Day of Remembrance
Image
Jan 29, 2015

2015 Day of Remembrance

LIGHTING A MEMORIAL CANDLE DURING THE JAN. 29 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OBSERVANCE AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER...

MSFC
NASA image: Crew Christmas Brunch in Node 1 (Time Lapse)
Image
Dec 25, 2019

Crew Christmas Brunch in Node 1 (Time Lapse)

iss061e096558 (Dec. 25, 2019) --- The Expedition 64 crew celebrates Christmas day with a brunch inside the...

JSC
NASA image: Earth Observations taken during mission STS-111 UF-2
Image
Jun 15, 2002

Earth Observations taken during mission STS-111 UF-2

STS111-367-014 (5-19 June 2002) --- This view featuring Canadian forest fires was photographed by the STS-111...

JSC
NASA image: MSFC Annual Day of Remembrance ceremony
Image
Jan 25, 2018

MSFC Annual Day of Remembrance ceremony

Jody Singer, Marshall deputy director, lights a candle in honor of colleagues who lost their lives in purist of...

MSFC
NASA image: Microgravity
Image
Jul 29, 2000

Microgravity

Dr. Richard DeLombard of NASA's Glenn Research Center, hands the relase line for the Microgravity Demonstrator to a...

MSFC
NASA image: 2019 Day of Remembrance
Image
Feb 7, 2019

2019 Day of Remembrance

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer looks solemnly toward a display honoring the crews of space...

MSFC
NASA image: KSC-01PP-1807
Image
Dec 5, 2001

KSC-01PP-1807

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Like a lighted candle, Space Shuttle Endeavour appears like a flame atop its twisted...

KSC
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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

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How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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