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A short animation illustrating the relationship of temperature and wavelength. Hotter objects have a shorter...
This chart depicts the electromagnetic spectrum, highlighting the X-ray portion. NASA NuSTAR and ESA XMM-Newton...
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission will survey the entire sky in a portion of the electromagnetic...
The mosaic of Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR) data shows the location of the data acquired by VIR during the...
Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning...
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is prepared for testing in the Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) chamber showing...
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite has been scanning Earth for 20 years...
An Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) optical lens is installed into the flight housing hardware for alignment...
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is installed on its transportation dolly and prepared for additional integration...
Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) onto the Tilt Mechanism. OCI is a highly advanced...
NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite sits on Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station,...
The shadow of a photographer (right) is caught watching the perfect launch of the Boeing Delta II rocket in the...
Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) off of the transportation dolly. OCI is a highly...
This 1970 photograph shows Skylab's Infrared Spectrometer Viewfinder Tracking System, a major component of an Earth...
As light peers over the horizon at the crack of dawn, NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite...
The Boeing Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite clears the tower...
Clouds of smoke and steam billow around the Boeing Delta II rocket as it roars into the sky after liftoff at 11:44...
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is installed on the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory...
This 1970 photograph shows Skylab's Microwave Radiometer/Scatterometer and Altimeter, one of the major components...
Mechanical technicians and thermal engineers work together to carefully feed the lines of a Loop Heat Pipe onto the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Against a light summer sky, the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Far Ultraviolet...
At Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the launch tower again encircles the Boeing Delta II rocket...
Thermal vacuum technician, Sean Cook, monitors the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) thermal vacuum chamber temperatures...
Mechanical technician, Dan Dizon, tightens bolts on the loop heat pipe radiator on the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)...