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In Her Wake
In the Moon Wake
Waking the A Ring
Pictured on a test stand at JSC is the Wake Shield Facility scheduled to fly on STS-60.
Wake Vortex behind a helicopter (Illustration)
STS060-76-095 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- The ram side of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) in the grasp of the Space Shuttle...
The Wake Shield Facility is displayed on a test stand at JSC. Astronaut Ronald M. Sega, mission specialist for...
Wake Vortex behind a helicopter describing Longitudinal Cores (Secondary Vortes Generation) from Aviatsiya /...
On June 15, NASA's Swift caught the onset of a rare X-ray outburst from a stellar-mass black hole in the binary...
STS054-72-056 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- A ship wake in the Bay of Bengal is noticeable in this 70mm frame. The sun glint...
STS060-74-054 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) is held in the grasp of Discovery's Remote...
The image shows plants "waking up" west of Lake Superior near the U.S.-Canada border. Plants in the red and pink...
Long ago, a large lava flow passed through the Athabasca Valles region of Mars. We can tell which direction it was...
STS060-09-024 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- As the Space Shuttle Discovery flew over a point between New Zealand and...
The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) is a free-flying research and development facility that is designed to use the pure...
Pictured on a test stand at JSC is the Wake Shield Facility scheduled to fly on STS-60.
The Wake Shield Facility is a free-flying research and development facility that is designed to use the pure vacuum...
SL4-137-3655 (16 Dec. 1973) --- An island wake produced by the Antipodes Islands in the ocean current south of New...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida gathered in the Press Site parking lot,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A dolphin surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River.
Astronaut Ronald M. Sega stands beside the University of Houston's Wake Shield Facility before it undergoes a Modal...
STS060-57-033 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- Astronaut Ronald M. Sega suspends himself in the weightlessness aboard the Space...
STS026-43-082 (29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 1988) --- This 70mm northerly oriented frame over the Pacific Ocean features the...
STS069-723-072 (11 September 1995) --- Prior to being released by Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator...