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ISS013-E-47643 (6 July 2006) --- A close-up view of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured in this image...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Only the nose and tail of Columbia are visible as it sits inside an protective tent...
ISS013-E-47629 (6 July 2006) --- A close-up view of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured in this image...
Today's VIS image shows windstreaks located in Daedalia Planum. These streaks are formed by the wind interaction...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clouds of smoke and steam fill Launch Pad 39A after liftoff of Space Shuttle...
The Lockheed Viking S-3B aircraft was parked for re-fulling out near the hangar at Glenn Research Center in...
ER-2 tail number 706, was one of two Airborne Science ER-2s used as science platforms by Dryden. The aircraft were...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - Inside Orbital Sciences Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden...
During the final phase of tests with the HARV, Dryden technicians installed nose strakes, which were panels that...
ISS016-E-005908 (25 Oct. 2007) --- A close-up view of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured in this...
This VIS image shows part of Daedalia Planum as well as several windstreaks. There is a large streak in the bottom...
This overview shot of the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology or QueSST aircraft shows the vehicle before a major...
The horizontal tail is under test load on a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River,...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
Kurt Blankenship, a NASA pilot from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, walks out of a NASA Pilatus PC-12...
Troy Asher, director for flight operations at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, shakes...
This scale-model of North American's initial X-15 design was tested in North American and NACA wind tunnels note the...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer observation of Stephan's Quintet and the nearby galaxy NGC 7331. Blue represents far...
In the glow of a late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC after...
An Anhinga perches on a branch in an area of underbrush at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Anhinga is...
Larry Hudson does an inspection after the actuator on the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in...
This scale-model of North American's initial X-15 design was tested in North American and NACA wind tunnels note the...