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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, other components of the remote manipulator system...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Columbia Crew Memorial Service is held at the Shuttle Landing Facility for KSC...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a Volga-Dnepr Antonov...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft flies weather reconnaissance for space shuttle Atlantis over...
There’s more than one way to study the impact of biofuels. For NASA scientists, it means trailing an aircraft from...
Joseph A. Walker was a Chief Research Pilot at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center during the mid-1960s. He...
A Vought F-8A Crusader was selected by NASA as the testbed aircraft (designated TF-8A) to install an experimental...
JPL scientist Dr. David Imel and U.S. Air Force Colonel Gwen Linde, the Defense Department Attache Officer assigned...
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft had its first flight, ferrying from...
Then and Now: These images illustrate the dramatic improvement in NASA computing power over the last 23 years, and...
A mechanic and apprentice work on a wooden impeller in the Fabrication Shop at the NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion...
NASA DC-8 Pilots Craig Bomben and Bill Brockett explain the DC-8 cockpit to Chilean students onboard the DC-8...
The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center Project Mercury. The original...
NASA DC-8 Ground Support Technicians Mark Corlew and Mike Lakowski perform routine maintenance on the aircraft at...
Researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) have designed, fabricated, and tested the first solar thermal...
NASA DC-8 Ground Support Technician Joe Niquette performs routine maintenance on the DC-8 aircraft at Carlos Ibanez...
Dr. Tom Mace, NASA DFRC Director of Airborne Sciences, talks with a student from Punta Arenas, Chile, during a tour...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center’s Convair F-106B Delta Dart equipped...
Researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) have designed, fabricated and tested the first solar thermal...
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft had its first flight, ferrying from...
Researchers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory monitor a...
NASA Dryden Mission Manager Walter Klein talks with school children from Punta Arenas, Chile, during a tour of the...
Researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) have designed, fabricated, and tested the first solar thermal...
This photograph shows an overall view of the Solar Thermal Propulsion Test Facility at the Marshall Space Flight...