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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, a technician...
At Astrotech Space Operations, technicians conduct black light inspection of the THEMIS probes. Black light...
At Astrotech Space Operations, technicians weigh one of the THEMIS probes. Next the probe will be installed on a...
At Astrotech Space Operations, one of the five THEMIS probes is lifted from a scale. It will be moved to a probe...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, workers get ready...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations, workers prepare the integrated THEMIS spacecraft for...
NASA image release August 6, 2010 On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a...
This video demonstrates the hiss-like radio noise generated by electrons moving along magnetic field lines from the...
This nighttime view of Saturn north pole reveals a dynamic, active planet at least 75 kilometers 47 miles below the...
This graphic demonstrates the hiss-like radio noise generated by electrons moving along magnetic field lines from...
STS099-355-024 (11-22 February 2000) -- Two separate atmospheric optical phenomena appear in this 35mm photograph...
Number 2 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of the 'squashed' heliosphere when Voyager 1 and 2 crossed...
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....
iss072e097446 (Oct. 24, 2024) -- As the International Space Station soared 257 miles above Lake Michigan, NASA...
iss071e586401 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- A wispy aurora australis rises above Earth's airglow blanketing the horizon in...
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....
S116-E-07308 (19 Dec. 2006) --- The Aurora Borealis, also known as "northern lights", is featured in this photograph...
iss073e0039722 (April 23, 2025) --- Moonlight casts a silvery light on a set of the International Space Station's...
iss071e503153 (July 28, 2024) --- A dim Aurora Australis (at right) blankets the Earth's horizon and fades into a...
iss062e102390 (March 17, 2020) --- An aurora accents Earth's atmospheric glow underneath a starry sky as the glare...
iss070e104474 (Feb. 29, 2024) --- The city lights of the Denver, Colorado, area (lower right) are pictured from the...
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....
ISS030-E-102292 (25 Jan. 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos showing Aurora Borealis as photographed by one...
iss067e090349 (May 27, 2022) --- The International Space Station soars above an aurora as it orbits 270 miles above...