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Composite image of Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) data (contour) with a cut-out images of the T-38’s during a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-121 Commander Steven Lindsey (left) and Mission Specialist Piers Sellers (right)...
Trojan asteroids accompany several of our solar system's planets, leading or trailing the planet in its orbit at the...
S121-E-06219 (10 July 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist, removes the trailing...
During the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, guests have an opportunity to...
An employee learns about indoor air quality at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Environmental and Medical Contract...
iss073e0379986 (July 16, 2025) --- In this long duration photograph taken from the International Space Station...
The Boeing Delta II rocket lights the evening sky as STEREO heads into space. STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A bobcat leaves a trail as it swims across an algae-covered canal near the NASA News Center...
AS14-66-9337 (6 Feb. 1971) --- This view shows the "javelin" and golf ball used by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr.,...
STS035-S-016 (2 Dec 1990) --- Astronaut Vance D. Brand, right, leads the STS 35 crew toward a transfer van that will...
iss071e523780 (Aug. 22, 2024) --- This long-duration photograph taken with a station camera uses increased...
George Diller interviews STEREO Project Manager Ed Reynolds. STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) is a...
On July 3, 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood amidst the crowd in Big Meadows and officially dedicated...
Long ago, a large lava flow passed through the Athabasca Valles region of Mars. We can tell which direction it was...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A vapor trail follows space shuttle Endeavour as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A vapor trail follows space shuttle Endeavour as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
A small level is used to see if the trail is tilted upward or downward. In most cases where a rock has moved, the...
The trails can be straight, or they can curve. Sometimes, two trails run alongside each other. Those two lines...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pathfinder Fitness Trail, laid out in the shape of a space shuttle, is the site for a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Endeavour as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Endeavour as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
Initial flight-testing of the ACTE followed extensive wind tunnel experiments. For the first phase of ACTE flights,...
S71-33432 (1 July 1971) --- These alternative traverses can be carried out on foot. They will be used if the Lunar...