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May 15, 2017
EPIC Observations of Ice in Earth's Atmosphere, from a Million Miles Away
Parked in space a million miles from Earth, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard the Deep Space...
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Jan 29, 2014
Storm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula
Radiation and winds from massive stars have blown a cavity into the surrounding dust and gas, creating the Trifid...
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Aug 5, 2000
Field of Bright Rays
A field of bright rays, created by ejecta from a crater, radiating to the north top from off camera lower right is...
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Jul 14, 2011
Circular Feature at Xanadu, Titan
NASA Cassini spacecraft obtained these false-color images of a circular feature in a region known as Xanadu on...
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Jan 26, 2011
Heat Map of Jupiter Impact
This infrared image, showing thermal radiation at a wavelength of 9.7 microns, was obtained by the Gemini North...
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Jul 12, 2010
Rotating Juno for Integrating Instruments
Once the radiation vault was installed on top of the propulsion module, NASA Juno spacecraft was lifted onto a large...
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Dec 16, 2010
Installing Electronics in Juno Vault
Technicians install components that will aid with guidance, navigation and control of NASA Juno spacecraft. Like...
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Feb 16, 2002
Arsia Mons Spiral Cloud
This global map of Mars, based on data from NASA Mars Odyssey, shows estimates for amounts of high-energy-particle...
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May 3, 2010
Juno Taking Shape
Assembly began April 1, 2010, for NASA Juno spacecraft in the high-bay cleanroom at Lockheed Martin in Denver, Colo....
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Apr 6, 2010
Juno Taking Shape
Assembly began April 1, 2010, for NASA Juno spacecraft. Workers at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colorado...
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Jun 3, 2008
Spitzer Finds Clarity in the Inner Milky Way
More than 800,000 frames from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this infrared portrait...
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Feb 19, 2015
How Black Hole Winds Blow Artist Concept
Supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies blast radiation and ultra-fast winds outward, as illustrated in...
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Feb 23, 2010
Zooming in on heat at Baghdad Sulcus
This map shows a dramatically improved view of heat radiation from a warm fissure near the south pole of Saturn icy...
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Sep 24, 2009
Water Detected at High Latitudes
This image of the moon is from NASA Moon Mineralogy Mapper on the Indian Space Research Organization Chandrayaan-1...
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Oct 1, 2008
Supernova Flashback
The Cassiopeia A supernova first flash of radiation makes six clumps of dust circled in annotated version unusually...
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May 10, 2012
Global Mineral Map of Vesta
This colorized map from NASA Dawn mission shows the distribution of minerals across the surface of the giant...
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Oct 20, 2014
NASA Spacecraft Maps Earth Global Emissivity
Our planet emits energy as thermal infrared radiation at wavelengths we cannot normally see but can feel -- for...
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Jun 29, 2016
Juno Above Jupiter (Artist Concept)
This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter. From its unique polar orbit, Juno will...
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Aug 7, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, place the lower panels of the canister around the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). The spacecraft will be transported to Launch Complex 17-B for mating with its launch vehicle, the Delta II rocket. SIRTF consists of three cryogenically cooled science instruments and an 0.85-meter telescope, and is one of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, place the lower panels of the...
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Jul 22, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, help steady a solid rocket booster (SRB) being lifted into the mobile service tower. It is one of nine 46-inch-diameter, stretched SRBs that are being attached to the Delta II Heavy rocket that will launch the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). Consisting of three cryogenically cooled science instruments and an 0.85-meter telescope, SIRTF is one of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
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Jul 18, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of a Delta II rocket arrives at the pad. The rocket is being erected to launch the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF). Consisting of an 0.85-meter telescope and three cryogenically cooled science instruments, SIRTF is one of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of a Delta II...
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Aug 10, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is lowered into the opening of the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. SIRTF will be attached to the Delta II rocket and encapsulated in its fairing before launch. Consisting of three cryogenically cooled science instruments and an 0.85-meter telescope, SIRTF is one of NASA’s largest infrared telescopes to be launched. It is the fourth and final element in NASA’s family of orbiting “Great Observatories.” SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
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Jul 18, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of a Delta II rocket waits to be lifted up and moved into the mobile service tower. The rocket is being erected to launch the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF). Consisting of an 0.85-meter telescope and three cryogenically cooled science instruments, SIRTF is one of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of a Delta II...
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Aug 7, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lift the upper canister to move it to the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) at right. After encapsulation, the spacecraft will be transported to Launch Complex 17-B for mating with its launch vehicle, the Delta II rocket. SIRTF consists of three cryogenically cooled science instruments and an 0.85-meter telescope, and is one of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lift the upper canister to...