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In the Astrotech facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians and engineers monitor progress as...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– When the Atlas V first stage is raised to vertical, it will be lifted into the Vertical...
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Building 2 prepare the overhead crane that will lift and move the...
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows dimly lit, cratered terrain on Ceres. Bright streaks of material are...
Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters, speaks at a press conference about the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians secure NASA's Lunar...
This frame from an animation -- based on images captured by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer on NASA's...
Layers, probably sedimentary in origin, have undergone extensive erosion in this image from NASA's Mars...
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Building 2 prepare the spin table that will test the 2001 Mars...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the range of motion is tested on the...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of...
At Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane is used to lift NASA's Interior...
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the first, second and third stages...
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare to demate the Galaxy Evolution...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is demated from its Pegasus launch...
This artist's concept depicts the third observatory, the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-3 in orbit....
This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with the plume of ice particles, water vapor and organic...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of...
The rising sun paints the horizon pink as the Boeing Delta II rocket stands ready for launch after tower rollback....
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows an area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. At upper left, material...
NASA’s Lunar Prospector is readied for launch as its gantry-like service tower is rolled back at Cape Canaveral Air...
Shadows create a surrealistic image on the Boeing Delta II rocket and its booster rockets as the launch tower rolls...