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This image displays a galaxy known as ESO 486-21 (with several other background galaxies and foreground stars...
Dr. von Braun watches the Saturn 1 (SA-1) launch through a scope from the blockhouse 34 on October 27, 1961. The...
The scope and extent of the strong Santa Ana wind event in Southern California the week of Oct. 21, 2007, is visible...
The Cassini spacecraft takes a break from the Saturn system to check out the Seven Sisters.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This storyboard shows a diagram of the telescope design and photos for a new five-meter...
iss048e045888 (07/29/2016) --- The visual scope looking down at the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment...
ISS006-E-44305 (5 April 2003) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, runs a drill...
ISS006-E-28887 (15 February 2003) --- This view features a “barn door tracker” device assembled by...
A member of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Emergency Response Team talks looks through the scope of his rifle as he...
ISS006-E-25021 (8 February 2003) --- This view features a “barn door tracker” device assembled by...
William Gerstenmaier is guest speaker for luncheon on first day of Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. William...
Members of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Emergency Response Team check the scopes on their rifles to prepare for the...
Members of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Emergency Response Team check the scopes on their rifles to prepare for the...
Supervisory employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center participated in the Supervisor Cohort “Action Day” hosted by...
STS076-315-003 (22-31 March 1996) --- Onboard the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis,...
Seasons change even on Mars and NASA's fleet of explorers are helping scientists learn more about the effects on the...
VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The second stage of the Delta II rocket is lifted up the gantry on the launch pad. The...
VANDENBERG AFB,CALIF. - On the SLC-2 launch pad, the gantry closes in on the Delta II rocket to enable mating of the...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. NASA signed an agreement with the Papago...
VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -- On the launch pad, a solid rocket booster is lifted up the gantry for mating with the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Aqua-EOS logo. Aqua is one of a series of spacebased platforms that are central to...
VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -- On the launch pad, an overhead crane lifts a solid rocket booster to vertical for mating...
ISS006-E-44297 (5 April 2003) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, prepares to...
S116-E-05447 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, STS-116 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser...