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Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Discovery during STS-82 mission

STS082-723-071 (11-21 Feb. 1997) --- The island of Hispaniola appears left center in this wide-angle view,...

Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Atlantis during STS-84 mission

STS084-727-053 (15-24 May 1997) --- This view of Lima, Peru is among a very few photographed by astronauts who have...

Orbiting Rainbows Simulation

This simulated image shows how a cloud of glitter in geostationary orbit would be illuminated and controlled by two...

STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS is deployed from OV-104's payload bay (PLB)

STS043-72-020 (2 Aug 1991) --- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), is loosened from its restraint device...

LOFTID Spacecraft EDR Install

Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a technician works on installing ejetable data...

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift RV to Turnover Fixture

Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) re-entry...

LOFTID Spacecraft Arrival

NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, arrives by cargo truck at Vandenberg...

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift RV to Turnover Fixture

Technicians move NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) re-entry vehicle over to a...

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift RV to Turnover Fixture

Technicians move NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) re-entry vehicle onto a...

LOFTID Spacecraft Arrival

NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, arrives by cargo truck at Vandenberg...

LOFTID Spacecraft EDR Install

Technicians work on installing ejectable data recorders onto NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable...

LOFTID Spacecraft EDR Install

Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a worker inspects and prepares hardware used...

STS-56 Earth observation of the Strait of Gibraltar

STS-56 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is of the Strait of Gibraltar. A small...

2016 Mercury Transit

Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...

2016 Mercury Transit Timelapse

Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...

2016 Mercury Transit in 4K

Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...

NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope NEOWISE Retires, Leaves Legacy

The NEOWISE mission, NASA’s asteroid-hunting space telescope, retired in August 2024 after over a decade of...

NASA Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Artist Concept

Artists concept of NASA Asteroid Redirect Robotic ARM Mission capturing an asteroid boulder before redirecting it to...

Rendezvous and Fly Around Inspection of Skylab I Orbital Space Station

This view of the Skylab Orbital Space Station was taken from the Skylab 2 Command/Service Module during it's initial...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Logos identify the mission of this Delta II rocket that will launch the Gravity Probe B experiment, developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. 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 targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Logos identify the mission of this Delta II rocket that will launch the Gravity Probe B experiment, developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. 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 targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

Skylab

San Antonio, Texas high school student, Terry C. Quist (left), and Dr. Raymond Gause of the Marshall Space Flight...

STS-56 Earth observation of Perth in Western Australia

STS-56 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is probably the best view of Perth in...

Earth-orbiting HST, airglow over Earth's horizon, and crescent moon

STS061-56-027 (2-13 Dec 1993) --- This scene, captured with a 35mm camera from inside the Space Shuttle Endeavour,...