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jsc2024e065172 (10/3/2024) --- A temperature map is seen within a microgel suspension illuminated by the Colloidal...
NASA's new laser instrument, the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, or GEDI, has advanced laser technology...
B-roll for media and public use. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment marked a historic...
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)...
NASA Dryden project engineer Dave Bushman carefully aims the optics of a laser device at a solar cell panel on a...
jsc2026e014318 (March 23, 2026) --- Preflight image of the SM-3X module as part of the Cold Atom Lab (CAL). NASA’s...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center researcher Americo Forestieri aims a ruby...
The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, is a laser altimeter that will measure the heights of...
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation, or GEDI, uses advanced laser technology to reveal the makeup of remote...
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio implemented the Capability Challenge “Optical...
Animations for media and public use. These animations show the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite orbiting Earth...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, light beams are emitted during LIDAR...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a light beam is emitted during LIDAR...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
Visitors get a rare opportunity to view laser beams pointed at the moon at Optical Site. Goddard's Laser Ranging...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
Two beams flash across a starry sky toward the Moon at Optical Site. Goddard's Laser Ranging Facility directs a...
Double beams shoot into the night sky during the Internation Observe the Moon night event. Goddard's Laser Ranging...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing different...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing...
The Space Shuttle Discovery, mated to NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), takes to the air for its ferry...
This artist's concept depicts a magnetar – a type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field – losing material...
The Space Shuttle Discovery settles to the main runway at Edwards, California, at 2:13 p.m. (PDT) 20 September 1994,...