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art001e001464 (Nov. 27, 2022) On flight day 12, Orion’s optical navigation camera was used to capture this lunar...
art001e002198 (Dec. 7, 2022) The Moon continues to appear smaller from Orion’s perspective as seen in this image...
art001e001983 (Dec. 3, 2022) The Moon is captured by Orion’s optical navigation camera on flight day 18 of the...
Inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
iss064e011648 (Dec. 10, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins conducts research...
OpNav Moon images: art001e000579 (Nov. 26, 2022) On flight day 11, Orion’s optical navigation camera was used to...
jsc2020e040981 (9/4/2019) --- I view of the IVA-SOFPADS floating inside the Kibo module aboard the International...
art001e002355 (Dec. 6, 2022) On flight day 21 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera looked...
STS039-11-027 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats, STS-39 mission commander, is seen in a close-up...
art001e002581 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
art001e002630 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
art001e002592 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
art001e002652 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
art001e002194 (Dec. 5, 2022) On flight day 20 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera looked...
NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN LOOKS ON AS BALL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PRINCIPLE OPTICAL ENGINEER...
jsc2020e040980 (11/2/2018) --- Image of EVA-SOFPADS (Left) and IVA-SOFPADS (Right) taken at JAXA during samples...
art001e001924 (Dec. 2, 2022) On flight day 17 of the Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured...
art001e002603 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
art001e002196 (Dec. 6, 2022) On flight day 21 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera looked...
The optical bench for the Fluids Integrated Rack section of the Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) is shown...
art001e002610 (Dec. 5, 2022): The optical navigation camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured these views of...
Inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
iss049e002305 (9/13/2016) --- A view taken during Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument (SODI) DSC Hardware Setup...
Inside the dome building at Playalinda Beach, Mike Litscher talks to media about the Distant Object Attitude...