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On Aug. 9, 2021, technicians ready the evolved expendable vehicle secondary payload adapter (ESPA) for mating...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the processing team stands...
This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home to heavy-metal stars of a celestial kind! The stars...
Sand boil or sand volcano measuring 2 m (6.6 ft.) in length erupted in median of Interstate Highway 80 west of the...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory...
The Interferometer Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG) experiment was designed to measure details of how protein molecules...
The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is a large-scale interagency effort to identify how fuels,...
Technicians prepare NASA’s Landsat 9 spacecraft for its move from the high bay to Cell 3 inside the Integrated...
Preparations are underway to lift the United Launch Alliance Centaur second stage for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission into...
NASA’s Landsat 9 spacecraft, in view in the foreground, is being prepared for its move from the high bay to Cell 3...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, both halves of the United...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United Launch Alliance (ULA)...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, technicians prepare to lift...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover (MRO) has observed two types of wind (aeolian) features in Proctor Crater: large,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ball Aerospace and Technology workers adjust the light cast on solar array panels during...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are inside the Integrated Processing...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Landsat 9 spacecraft is...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, technicians prepare to lift...
On Aug. 9, 2021, technicians ready the payload adapter (PMA) for mating operations in preparation for NASA’s Landsat...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United Launch Alliance (ULA)...
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket with NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite begins rollout from the Vertical...
Inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United Launch Alliance (ULA)...
This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's...
Technicians secure NASA’s Landsat 9 spacecraft in Cell 3 inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg...