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Filled with anticipation, students from two local universities, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and...
S48-E-007 (12 Sept 1991) --- Astronaut James F. Buchli, mission specialist, catches snack crackers as they float in...
Filled with anticipation, students from two local universities, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and...
This animated artist's concept depicts three small rovers – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed...
Filled with anticipation, students from two local universities, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and...
A refanned Pratt and Whitney JT-8D-109 turbofan engine installed in Cell 4 of the Propulsion Systems Laboratory at...
The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle...
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio as seen...
This photograph shows the Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) being transported to the test stand for a static test...
The Westinghouse 19XB turbojet seen from the side in the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) test section at the National...
This photograph depicts an air-breathing rocket engine that completed an hour or 3,600 seconds of testing at the...
From December 10, 1966, until his retirement on February 27, 1976, Stanley P. Butchart served as Chief (later,...
A Fairchild C-82 Packet is purposely destroyed by researchers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...
NASA Armstrong Responds to Call for COVID-19 Solutions Armstrong Flight Research Center in California partnered with...
Astronaut John Young (above) was one of 14 astronauts, 8 NASA test pilots, and 2 McDonnell test pilots who took part...
The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee...
The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument (top) and the SPEXone instrument on The Plankton,...
Now on NASA's Space Shuttle Status Report: Getting ready to roll: Final work is progressing for Space Shuttle...
Construction Manager Raymond Sharp and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Director of Research...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This is Launch Complex 5_6 blockhouse, now a museum at the Cape Canaveral Air Force...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This is Launch Complex 5_6 blockhouse, now a museum at the Cape Canaveral Air Force...
A Rolls Royce Avon RA-14 engine was tested in the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the National Advisory Committee for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Special Agent Dan Oakland holds up a long-lost spacesuit recently uncovered at the...
The XV-15 tilt rotor ships #1 and #2 parked on the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ramp. The XV-15s, manufactured...