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Gerard Moscoso, a mechanical engineer technician with NASA, prepares the Plasma Rapid Oxidation Technique for...
Gerard Moscoso, a mechanical engineer technician with NASA, handles a sample that is being prepared for fatigue and...
Testing of the Plasma Rapid Oxidation Technique for Extending Component Tenability (PROTECT) experiment is underway...
The set of graphs on the left illustrates the drop in electrical current detected in three directions by Voyager 2's...
This artist concept shows plasma flows around NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft as it approaches interstellar space. Voyager...
This frame from an animation based on data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft shows how the explosions of hot...
A smallish solar filament looks like it collapsed into the sun and set off a minor eruption that hurled plasma into...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows dark strands of plasma hovering...
BLDG. 4605 PLASMA ENVIRONMENT TEST LABORATORY. VACUUM CHAMBER FROM REAR
The Gasdynamic Mirror, or GDM, is an example of a magnetic mirror-based fusion propulsion system. Its design is...
BLDG. 4605 PLASMA ENVIRONMENT TEST LABORATORY. VACUUM CHAMBER OPEN WITH SAMPLE SETUP
This frame from an animation, derived from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows how plasma swirling...
A pair of relatively small (but frenetic) active regions rotated into view, spouting off numerous small flares and...
The Plasma Spray-Physical Vapor Deposition (PS-PVD) Rig at NASA Glenn Research Center. The rig helps develop...
A view from the side windows as plasma surrounds the vehicle during reentry on Orion's first flight test,...
A view from the top hatch window as plasma surrounds the vehicle during reentry on Orion's first flight test,...
A view from the side windows as plasma surrounds the vehicle during reentry on Orion's first flight test,...
A view from the top hatch window as plasma surrounds the vehicle during reentry on Orion's first flight test,...
A view from the top hatch window as plasma surrounds the vehicle during reentry on Orion's first flight test,...
Dr. Tom Markusic, a propulsion research engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), adjusts a diagnostic...
51F-34-041 (29 July-6 Aug. 1985) --- The plasma diagnostics package(PDP) in free flight over heavily cloud-covered...
Researcher Charles Michels operates a coaxial plasma gun rig in Cell SW-13 of the Engine Research Building at the...
A solar prominence at the sun's edge put on quite a display of plasma being pushed and pulled by unstable magnetic...
On Jan. 20, 2017, NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a small area of the sun highlighted three active region....