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In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers get ready to attach the overhead crane to the AIM...
In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers lift the AIM spacecraft from its stand in order to move...
The Pegasus rocket successfully carried the AIM spacecraft into orbit. AIM will fly three instruments designed to...
Ron Mueller, a Launch Services Program mission manager, explains the science goals of NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the...
Caption: Mike Krainak (left) and Diego Janches recently won NASA follow-on funding to advance a spaceborne sodium...
The L-1011 carrier aircraft takes off and heads for the drop point to launch the Pegasus rocket carrying AIM. The...
NASA Commentator George Diller interviews AIM Principal Investigator James Russell. The AIM spacecraft will fly...
The solid rocket boosters have successfully separated from the spacecraft. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
NASA Launch Director Omar Baez provides commentary on the successful AIM launch. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
The L-1011 carrier aircraft taxis on the runway carrying the Pegasus rocket that will deliver the AIM spacecraft...
Launch Director Omar Baez polls the AIM mission team for flight readiness. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming fifty miles above the...
ISS031-E-116058 (13 June 2012) --- Polar mesospheric clouds in the Northern Hemisphere are featured in this image...
ISS024-E-006136 (16 June 2010) --- Polar mesospheric clouds, illuminated by an orbital sunrise, are featured in this...
Earth atmosphere observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. The colors roughly denote the layers of...
At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AIM spacecraft is moved into a clean room for testing. AIM,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM spacecraft is secured onto a transporter at...
At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AIM spacecraft is prepared for its move to the clean room for...
Flight simulation No. 3 is on the schedule for the Pegasus XL launch vehicle, seen here in Building 1555 on North...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians roll...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to mate the AIM spacecraft (at left) to the SoftRide...