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Earth observations taken by the Expedition 12 crew

ISS012-E-10097 (3 Dec. 2005) --- This view of Hurricane Epsilon in the Atlantic Ocean was photographed at 15:36:18...

NASA Aerial Photographer Completes 1,000th Flight

NASA aerial photographer Carla Thomas captured this top-down view of the Space Shuttle Endeavor mounted on a NASA...

Earth observations taken during the STS-71 mission

STS071-705-055 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- This vertical view over the central Andes Mountains was photographed from...

GOES-T Atlas Liftoff

A close-up view of the first-stage engines as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National...

GOES-T Atlas Liftoff

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)...

Earth observations taken by the Expedition 20 crew

ISS020-E-031502 (18 Aug. 2009) --- Looking down the eye of Hurricane Bill in the Atlantic Ocean, an Expedition 20...

GOES-T Atlas Liftoff

A close-up view of the first-stage engines as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the National...

SSC_2021-03-18_Hot_Fire_B-roll_4_Views

Teams associated with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program conducted a hot fire test of the first SLS core stage...

2021-03-18 Green Run 2 Resource Reel

Teams associated with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program conducted a hot fire test of the first SLS core stage...

NACA Engineers Calibrate the 2- by 2-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel

Engineers calibrate one of three small supersonic wind tunnels that were collectively referred to as the “Stack...

The Propeller Belts in Saturn A Ring

This image from NASA's Cassini mission shows a region in Saturn's A ring. The level of detail is twice as high as...

Sliver of Saturn

Although only a sliver of Saturn's sunlit face is visible in this view, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates...

800mm Mapping Sequence performed during the STS-119 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver

ISS018-E-040628 (17 March 2009) --- An overhead close-up view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Discovery's crew...

400mm Mapping Sequence performed during the STS-126 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver

ISS018-E-008539 (16 Nov. 2008) --- An overhead view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, part of...

800mm Mapping Sequence performed during the STS-119 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver

ISS018-E-040597 (17 March 2009) --- An overhead view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Discovery's crew cabin, part...

Deep Clouds

Bright puffs and ribbons of cloud drift lazily through Saturn's murky skies. In contrast to the bold red, orange and...

400mm Mapping Sequence performed during the STS-119 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver

ISS018-E-040794 (17 March 2009) --- An overhead close-up view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Discovery's crew...

Pandora Up Close

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon...

Mouth of the Amazon River as seen from STS-58

STS058-107-083 (18 Oct.-1 Nov. 1993) --- A near-nadir view of the mouth of the Amazon River, that shows all signs of...

400mm Mapping Sequence performed during the STS-119 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver

ISS018-E-040810 (17 March 2009) --- An overhead close-up view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Discovery's crew...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Viewed from inside, the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment is lifted up the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Once in orbit, for 18 months each gyroscope’s spin axis will be monitored as it travels through local spacetime, observing and measuring these effects. The experiment was developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Viewed from inside, the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment is lifted up the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Behind it is the first stage of the Delta II. The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Once in orbit, for 18 months each gyroscope’s spin axis will be monitored as it travels through local spacetime, observing and measuring these effects. The experiment was developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

iss014e10053

ISS014-E-10053 (18 Dec. 2006) --- A close-up view of the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space...

DRONE-STAND-2021-03-19-10h32m16s295

A drone camera offers a bird’s-eye view as NASA conducts a hot fire test March 18, 2021, of the core stage for the...