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A full-scale prototype of the high-gain antenna on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is undergoing testing in the...
Testing of the Plasma Rapid Oxidation Technique for Extending Component Tenability (PROTECT) experiment is underway...
Dr. Jennifer Williams, a NASA research chemical engineer, displays two fatigue samples that will be tested in the...
Gerard Moscoso, a mechanical engineer technician with NASA, prepares a sample for testing for the Plasma Rapid...
Dr. Jennifer Williams, a NASA research chemical engineer, is inside the Prototype Development Laboratory at NASA’s...
From left, Dr. Jennifer Williams, a NASA research chemical engineer, and Gerard Moscoso, a mechanical engineer...
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...
This prototype of a collapsible Mars lander base is part of SHIELD (Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device), a...
Engineer Abel Dizon explains how drop tests are conducted for a prototype lander being designed by NASA's Jet...
"What’s Behind This Door?" takes you behind the doors of various facilities located at NASA's Johnson Space Center...
Artist Concept of a prototype of an Apollo Space Suit.
A Prandtl-M prototype is air launched from the Carbon Cub aircraft March 13, 2020, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
A furled first prototype starshade developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shown in technology partner Astro...
Daniel Perez, Ph.D., a graduate student from the University of Miami, displays a piece of the prototype structure...
Daniel Perez, Ph.D., a graduate student from the University of Miami, displays a piece of the prototype structure...
Daniel Perez, Ph.D., a graduate student from the University of Miami, prepares layers of the prototype structure for...
This image shows a test flight of a full-scale prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The flight took place on...
Majid Babai along with Dr. Judy Schneider, and graduate students Chris Hill and Ryan Anderson examine a cross...
The first prototype starshade developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shown in technology partner Astro...
The first of three Prandtl-M prototype aircraft was air launched Aug. 16, 2019, from an Aerostat blimp at NASA’s...
Shown here is a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the...
Matt Shindell, space history curator at the National Air and Space Museum speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation...