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Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the first half of the payload fairing for the United...
Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the first half of the payload fairing for the United...
The United Launch Alliance Delta II second stage arrived at NASA's Building 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
This image from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows detailed texture...
A special lighting technology was developed for space-based commercial plant growth research on NASA's Space...
A science instrument flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative...
A science instrument flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative...
Animations for media and public use. These animation sequences show NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat deploying in...
Scientists used the ChemCam instrument on NASA Curiosity Mars rover to examine a Martian rock hell about one inch...
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This illustration depicts a concept for operation of an optical communications system on NASA Mars...
This simulated image shows how a cloud of glitter in geostationary orbit would be illuminated and controlled by two...
jsc2025e059518 (617/2025) --- A preflight view of the Portable Tunable Laser Spectrometer (PTLS) sensor package....
jsc2021e037887 (3/5/2021) --- A preflight photo of the Little Major Tom figure with two laser-pointers as the third...
QUINCY BEAN, JIM LYDON, AND ZACK JONES OF MSFC’S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TEAM, WITH MSFC’S M2 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING...
jsc2021e037886 (3/5/2021) --- A preflight photo of the Little Major Tom figure with two laser-pointers as the third...
YO-3A (NASA-718) and SH-3G (NASA-735) in flight over Ames on way to Crows Landing during Helicopter Airborne Laser...
Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry or PALMS instrument maintained by Dave Thomson and Justin Jacquot of...
Common Research Model (CRM) Test t11-0216 in the NASA Ames 11x11_foot Transonic Wind Tunnel with PIV laser sheet...
jsc2021e037884 (4/19/2021) --- A preflight photo of the Lego Duplo giraffe with two laser-pointers as the second...
ZACK JONES AND JIM LYDON OF MSFC’S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TEAM, WITH MSFC’S M2 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING SYSTEM. THE...
jsc2021e037886 (8/242021) --- A preflight photo of the First object to be observed rotating around its intermediate...
jsc2021e037888 (3/5/2021) --- A preflight photo of the Little Major Tom figure with two laser-pointers as the third...
Aligned straight on with the red approach lights, the Orbiter Columbia (STS-52) glides toward Runway 33 of Kennedy...