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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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NASA image: 1001827
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Sep 28, 2010

1001827

THRUST VECTOR CONTROL (TVC) TEST LAB TEST ACTUATOR

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NASA image: The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, following intentional failure on its final flight
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Apr 24, 2001

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, following intentional failure on its final flight

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted...

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NASA image: The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, was mounted on a special ventral flight test fixture and flown on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft
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Mar 28, 2001

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, was mounted on a special ventral flight test fixture and flown on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW), which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted...

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NASA image: The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW) experiment, which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, undergoing ground testing prior to flight on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft
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Mar 28, 2001

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW) experiment, which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with surface-mounted piezoelectric strain actuators, undergoing ground testing prior to flight on Dryden's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft

The Aerostructures Test Wing (ATW) experiment, which consisted of an 18-inch carbon fiber test wing with...

AFRC
NASA image: ARC-1997-AC97-0200-11
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Jun 23, 1997

ARC-1997-AC97-0200-11

N-206 12ft W.T. ADTE Project (Aeronautics Design and Test Environment) Old TPC valve actuators

ARC
NASA image: NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch
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Aug 4, 2023

NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch

A team of engineers and technicians work on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's Psyche...

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NASA image: NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch
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Aug 4, 2023

NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch

A team of engineers and technicians work on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's Psyche...

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NASA image: : NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch
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Aug 4, 2023

: NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch

A team of engineers and technicians worked on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's...

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NASA image: NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch
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Aug 4, 2023

NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch

A team of engineers and technicians work on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's Psyche...

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NASA image: NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch
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Aug 4, 2023

NASA's Psyche DAPM Deployment and Stow for Launch

A team of engineers and technicians work on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's Psyche...

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NASA image: Johnson Space Center (JSC) Structures Test Laboratory Capabilities
Video
May 26, 2021

Johnson Space Center (JSC) Structures Test Laboratory Capabilities

A virtual tour of the JSC Static Test Systems lab that uses various machines such as load frames, actuators and...

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NASA image: Johnson Space Center (JSC) Pyrotechnics Laboratory Capabilities
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May 26, 2021

Johnson Space Center (JSC) Pyrotechnics Laboratory Capabilities

A virtual tour of the JSC Pyrotechnics Test Facility that supports testing of pyrotechnically actuated devices, and...

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NASA image: NASA Armstrong Prepares for X-57 Flight Tests
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Aug 21, 2019

NASA Armstrong Prepares for X-57 Flight Tests

Ray Sadler adjusts hydraulic actuators with pads to the wing of the X-57 distributed electric aircraft wing at...

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NASA image: Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong
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Oct 18, 2021

Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong

– Hydraulic actuators are pinned to horizontal tail test fixture for testing a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems...

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NASA image: Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong
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Mar 11, 2021

Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong

Assembled test structures called whiffle trees, which are needed to distribute prescribed hydraulic actuator loads,...

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NASA image: Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong
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Oct 1, 2021

Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong

Larry Hudson does an inspection after the actuator on the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in...

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NASA image: Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong
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Sep 29, 2021

Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong

The actuator on the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland, is pinned to...

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NASA image: Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong
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Sep 29, 2021

Title: NAVAIR F/A-18E Undergoes Loads Testing at NASA Armstrong

The actuator on the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland, is positioned...

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NASA image: STS-48 MS Buchli with MODE-01 structural test article (STA) onboard OV-103
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Sep 16, 1991

STS-48 MS Buchli with MODE-01 structural test article (STA) onboard OV-103

STS048-10-023 (16 Sept 1991) --- Astronaut James F. Buchli poses with the structural test article (STA), a model of...

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NASA image: Biological Research In Canisters Transfer to BRIC-LED Facility
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Jun 9, 2021

Biological Research In Canisters Transfer to BRIC-LED Facility

iss065e094066 (6/9/2021) --- A close-up view of the a BRIC-24 Canister and actuator tool. Biological Research In...

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NASA image: Biological Research In Canisters Transfer to BRIC-LED Facility
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Jun 9, 2021

Biological Research In Canisters Transfer to BRIC-LED Facility

iss065e094062 (6/9/2021) --- A close-up view of the a BRIC-24 Canister and actuator tool. Biological Research In...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-1072
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Jan 7, 2010

KSC-2010-1072

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space...

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NASA image: Research Technology
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Aug 6, 2001

Research Technology

The test of twin Linear Aerospike XRS-2200 engines, originally built for the X-33 program, was performed on August...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-1074
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Jan 7, 2010

KSC-2010-1074

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space...

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