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Teams transport NASA's encapsulated Psyche spacecraft from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville to...
John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks during an event unveiling a...
SpaceX technicians encapsulate NASA's Psyche spacecraft into the the payload fairings at the Astrotech Space...
Abi Biswas, Deep Space Optical Communications project technologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, participates...
John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, is seen during during an event...
John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, speaks during during an event...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, soars into the sky after lifting off from Kennedy Space...
Teams transport NASA's encapsulated Psyche spacecraft from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville to...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
Installation of the 2D-S (2-Dimensional Stereo) optical array probe made by Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC)
MARSHALL SCIENTIST ED WEST ASSEMBLES THE OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THE SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET MAGNETOGRAPH INVESTIGATION TELESCOPE
Reaction Control System Thruster examined in the electron optics lab Near Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
Framed through directional optics glass, Stanley Ikpe is latest of new engineers coming to work at NASA Langley.
NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (TWO OPTICS) WITH LAWRENCE HINTZ. (SZOBOSZLAY FOR HELICOPTER NOE FLIGH)
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility-S (AXAF-S) nickel prototype mirror optical test setup.
NASA Engineering and Safety Center's, NESC, Mission Tech Update Photos 2013, Electron Optics Laboratory
Night Vision Goggles (two optics) with Lawrence Hintz. (Szoboszlay) for helicopter NOE flight
Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility-S (AXAF-S) nickel prototype mirror optical test setup.
This visible-light image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, where astronomers...
The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS undergoes final inspection prior to shipment to NASA Kennedy Space...
An optical color image of galaxies is seen here overlaid with X-ray data magenta from NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic...
These images show two views of a region of south-central Egypt. On the left is an optical image from NASA Landsat...
Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS flight terminal undergoes final testing at NASA Jet Propulsion...
This composite image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains Chandra data in pink, optical-light data from NASA Hubble...