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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, moves toward a position to deploy two components of the Early...
Aligned straight on with the red approach lights, the Orbiter Columbia (STS-52) glides toward Runway 33 of Kennedy...
This infrared photograph shows the uplink laser beacon for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)...
Susan Kool, a researcher from the Langley Research Center, works on monitoring the Lidar Atmospheric Sensing...
STS064-33-003 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, STS-64 mission specialist, uses a laser instrument...
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) at NASA Jet Propulsion...
STS052-S-001 (July 1992) --- The insignia, designed by the STS-52 crew members, features a large gold star to...
ISS019-E-013241 (2 May 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, prepares to photograph...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket successfully launched from Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket successfully launched from Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket successfully launched from Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space...
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 rocket successfully launched from Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space...
jsc2024e062109 (9/13/2024) ---The ANT1 Radiation Tolerance Experiment with Moss in Orbit on the Space Station...
ISS036-E-035130 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
iss059e085237 (5/30/2019) --- Photo documentation of the GEDI investigation located on the Japanese Experiment...
S71-16101 (January 1971) --- A Grumman Aerospace Corporation artist's concept of Apollo 14 crewmen, astronauts Alan...
iss059e088632 (6/3/2019) --- Photo documentation of the GEDI investigation located on the Japanese Experiment Module...
ISS036-E-035163 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
ISS036-E-035126 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
Engineering technicians Pedro Solano, left, and Aaron Poulin, right, verify alignment of an Orion heat shield test...
ISS036-E-035205 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
ISS036-E-035129 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
ISS036-E-035124 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
iss071e244162 (June 29, 2024) --- The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above the Gulf of...