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NASA image: OCI Installed in Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Aug 17, 2022

OCI Installed in Thermal Vacuum Chamber

The flight Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is connected to flex lines and other alignment calibration hardware in a...

GSFC
NASA image: OCI Installed in Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Aug 17, 2022

OCI Installed in Thermal Vacuum Chamber

The flight Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is connected to flex lines and other alignment calibration hardware in a...

GSFC
NASA image: OCI Technician Monitors the Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Oct 27, 2022

OCI Technician Monitors the Thermal Vacuum Chamber

Thermal vacuum technician, Sean Cook, monitors the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) thermal vacuum chamber temperatures...

GSFC
NASA image: ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS TVAC 2018
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Oct 15, 2014

ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS TVAC 2018

Footage of the ATLAS instrument being lifted out of the thermal vacuum chamber.

GSFC
NASA image: ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS TVAC Testing
Video
Oct 15, 2014

ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS TVAC Testing

Footage of the ATLAS instrument being craned into the thermal vacuum chamber for environmental testing.

GSFC
NASA image: Astronaut Story Musgrave in EMU in thermal vacuum chamber
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May 26, 1993

Astronaut Story Musgrave in EMU in thermal vacuum chamber

S93-34001 (26 May 1993) --- Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility...

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NASA image: Skylab
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Nov 1, 1971

Skylab

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was one of four major...

MSFC
NASA image: OCI Earth Shade in Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Apr 4, 2022

OCI Earth Shade in Thermal Vacuum Chamber

Mechanical Technicians, Daniel Dizon and Joseph Eddy, install the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) Earth Shade into a...

GSFC
NASA image: Removal of hot box containing NEA Scout spacecraft from Thermal Vacuum Chamber V15   1 of 2
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Feb 5, 2021

Removal of hot box containing NEA Scout spacecraft from Thermal Vacuum Chamber V15 1 of 2

Removal of hot box containing NEA Scout spacecraft from Thermal Vacuum Chamber V15 1 of 2

MSFC
NASA image: OCI Thermal Vacuum Chamber Calibration Testing
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Jun 23, 2022

OCI Thermal Vacuum Chamber Calibration Testing

Optical engineer, Brendan McAndrew, installs radiometers inside the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) thermal vacuum...

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NASA image: Team Huddle Before Lifting Phoenix into Test Chamber
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Feb 28, 2007

Team Huddle Before Lifting Phoenix into Test Chamber

Spacecraft specialists huddle to discuss the critical lift of NASA Phoenix Mars Lander into a thermal vacuum chamber

JPL
NASA image: GRIPS test in the B-2
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May 7, 2015

GRIPS test in the B-2

The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar flares (GRIPS) instrument is installed in the B-2 vacuum chamber for a...

GRC
NASA image: Juno Marches On
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Mar 23, 2011

Juno Marches On

This image of NASA Juno spacecraft was taken as the vehicle completed its thermal vacuum chamber testing. A...

JPL
NASA image: Environmental Testing
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Feb 26, 2003

Environmental Testing

NASA Rover 1 in the cruise configuration in Jet Propulsion Laboratory 25-ft Solar Thermal Vacuum Chamber where it...

JPL
NASA image: OPALS Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Jul 24, 2014

OPALS Thermal Vacuum Testing

The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS flight terminal undergoes testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at...

JPL
NASA image: Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, Transportation to Mansfield Lahm Airport
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Mar 17, 2020

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, Transportation to Mansfield Lahm Airport

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the...

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NASA image: Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Arrival at Mansfield Lahm Airport, Transportation to Plum Brook Station and Installation in the Space Environment Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Nov 24, 2019

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Arrival at Mansfield Lahm Airport, Transportation to Plum Brook Station and Installation in the Space Environment Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Arrival at Mansfield Lahm Airport, Transportation to Plum Brook Station and...

GRC
NASA image: Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, Transportation to Mansfield Lahm Airport
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Mar 13, 2020

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, Transportation to Mansfield Lahm Airport

Orion - EM-1 - Artemis Spacecraft Departure at the Space Environments Complex, SEC Thermal Vacuum Chamber at the...

GRC
NASA image: Pre-Launch T-VAC Testing on InSight
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Oct 9, 2018

Pre-Launch T-VAC Testing on InSight

Engineers at Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, Colorado, prepare NASA's InSight lander for testing in a thermal vacuum...

JPL
NASA image: Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I Mission, consisting of the crew module and European-built service module, sits in the NASA Glenn Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Space Environments Complex, SEC, Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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Mar 14, 2020

Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I Mission, consisting of the crew module and European-built service module, sits in the NASA Glenn Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Space Environments Complex, SEC, Thermal Vacuum Chamber

The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I Mission, consisting of the crew module and European-built service module,...

GRC
NASA image: Juno Emerges from Thermal-Vac Testing
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Mar 29, 2011

Juno Emerges from Thermal-Vac Testing

NASA Juno spacecraft is raised out of a thermal vacuum chamber following tests that simulated the environment of...

JPL
NASA image: Juno Gets a Taste of Space
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Mar 29, 2011

Juno Gets a Taste of Space

NASA Juno spacecraft is readied for lifting out of a thermal vacuum chamber following testing to simulate the...

JPL
NASA image: Astronaut Neil Armstrong during thermovacuum training
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May 7, 1969

Astronaut Neil Armstrong during thermovacuum training

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, is photographed during thermovacuum...

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NASA image: JSC Vacuum Chambers & RF Testing (Chambers A & B)
Video
Jun 8, 2021

JSC Vacuum Chambers & RF Testing (Chambers A & B)

A virtual tour of the JSC Chamber A, the largest of the thermal-vacuum test facilities at JSC. The chamber’s usable...

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