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Comparison chart of U.S. launch vehicles

S67-20423 (1967) --- Comparison chart of U.S. launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA

Origin of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

The first organizational chart of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) which was approved and signed by...

Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes

This chart illustrates relative masses of super-dense cosmic objects, ranging from white dwarfs to supermassive...

Finder Chart for Viewing Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

On clear nights in January 2015, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is visible in the Taurus region of the sky to observers...

ESA Artemis 1 Trajectory Chart

Altimeter Chart for Ingenuity's First Flight

This altimeter chart shows data from the first flight of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which occurred on April...

Line drawing of the Galileo spacecraft's encounters on its way to Jupiter

Line drawing charts the Galileo spacecraft's launch from low Earth orbit and its three planetary and two asteroid...

Variations of DAN Measurements Along Curiosity Traverse

This chart graphs measurements made by the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons DAN instrument on NASA Mars rover Curiosity...

Low Albedo Foursome

The Cassini spacecraft charts a quartet of dark albedo features on the moon Titan. From upper left to lower right of...

Where Kepler Sees

This star chart illustrates the large patch of sky that NASA Kepler mission will stare at for the duration of its...

Complementary X-Ray Vision

This chart depicts the electromagnetic spectrum, highlighting the X-ray portion. NASA NuSTAR and ESA XMM-Newton...

How to Measure the Spin of a Black Hole Artist Concept

Black holes are tremendous objects whose immense gravity can distort and twist space-time, the fabric that shapes...

White Dwarfs: Small and Strong

This chart shows data from NASA Kepler space telescope, which looks for planets by monitoring changes in the...

Severe Exoplanetary Storm

These computer-generated images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope chart the development of severe weather patterns...

Infrared Telescopes Spy Small, Dark Asteroids

This chart based on data from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer illustrates why infrared-sensing telescopes...

NASA Aquarius Detects Possible Effects of Tropical Storm Lee in Gulf

Tropical Storm Lee made landfall over New Orleans on Sept. 2-3, 2011, with predicted rainfall of 15 to 20 inches 38...

Out-of-this-World Records

This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth...

What WISE Can and Cannot See

This chart shows what types of objects WISE can and cannot see at certain distances from our sun. Bodies with larger...

Temperature Measurements Taken by Phoenix Spacecraft

This chart plots the minimum daily atmospheric temperature measured by NASA Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft since...

Light from Red-Hot Planet

This figure charts 30 hours of observations taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope of a strongly irradiated exoplanet...

ARC-1977-AC77-1068

Illustration Preliminary Volcanic Terrain Map of Mars Regional Chart

Data Recorded as Juno Entered Magnetosphere

This chart presents data that the Waves investigation on NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft crossed...

Data Recorded as Juno Crossed Jovian Bow Shock

This chart presents data that the Waves investigation on NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft crossed...

State Low-Humidity Thresholds for Flu Outbreaks

This chart shows low-humidity thresholds that signal flu outbreaks in 48 U.S. states, calculated using water vapor...