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NASA research engineer Jonathan Lopez works on preparing a Compact Fiber Optic Sensing System unit, also known as a...
Bolts are torqued on a Compact Fiber Optic Sensing System unit, also known as a FOSS Rocket Box, which was developed...
This image was taken by the Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System, Rosetta main onboard...
Allen Parker, Mark Hagiwara, Paul Bean, Patrick Chan, Jonathan Lopez (seated), and Frank Pena comprise the Fiber...
From left, April Torres and Karen Estes watch incoming data from vibration tests on the hypersonic Fiber Optic...
April Torres, from left, Cryss Punteney, and Karen Estes watch as data flows from the hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensing...
This image of comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko was taken on March 21, 2014, by the narrow-angle camera of the Rosetta...
This image of comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko was taken on March 20, 2014, by the wide-angle camera of the Rosetta...
This time-exposure picture of the asteroid Gaspra and background stars is one of four optical navigation images made...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Cocoa Beach, Fla., a new five-meter telescope is lowered into the dome for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Cocoa Beach, Fla., a new five-meter telescope is lifted up to the dome for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Cocoa Beach, Fla., a new five-meter telescope sits on a pallet waiting to be lifted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker looks at a five-meter (focal length) telescope being removed for repair. Part...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The master assembler, crane crew, removes a five-meter telescope in Cocoa Beach, Fla.,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Cocoa Beach, Fla., a new five-meter telescope is lifted up to the dome for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Cocoa Beach, Fla., a new five-meter telescope is lowered toward the dome for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude Measurement System (DOAMS),...
Scientists at Marshall's Adaptive Optics Lab demonstrate the Wave Front Sensor alignment using the Phased Array...
Image of the southern polar regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta Optical, Spectroscopic, and...
Looking for a faster computer? How about an optical computer that processes data streams simultaneously and works...
iss067e000391 (3/31/2022) --- A Nona Cube containing Optical Imaging of Bubble Dynamics on Nanostructured Surfaces,...
Environmental Portrait of the Antenna and Optical Systems Branch Chief
jsc2021e044608 (9/23/2021) --- A microscopic image of a section of ZBLAN optical fiber produced by the second...
A photographer focuses on part of the tracking telescope that provides optical support for launches from KSC and...