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In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers keep watch on the crane lifting the shrouded Chandra X-ray...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane...
On Nov. 11, 2019, while the REXIS instrument was performing detailed science observations of Bennu, it captured...
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers attach the overhead cable to the Chandra X-ray Observatory to...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers check fittings and cables on the stand that will raise the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers begin moving the overhead crane carrying the Chandra X-ray...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), the shrouded Chandra X-ray Observatory achieves a vertical position via...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers guide the final stages as the overhead crane lifts the shrouded...
This image of the active galaxy Centaurus A was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 7, 2003. The...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane...
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), the overhead crane lifts Chandra X-ray Observatory completely out of...
This artist's impression depicts the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc...
A composite image from NASA Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star, a...
An artist illustration of the Chandra spacecraft in orbit. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18166
Flaring, active regions of our sun are highlighted in this image combining observations from several telescopes....
This image is an x-ray view of Eta Carinae Nebula showing bright stars taken with the High Energy Astronomy...
This image is an observation of Quasar 3C 273 by the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2/Einstein...
X-15 personnel July 1962 Cockpit: Edward "Ed" Nice Ladder: Thomas "Tom" McAlister Back Row, left to right: William...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Clouds of exhaust form around a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle as it blasts...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle stands ready to launch NASA’s Swift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle stands ready to launch NASA’s Swift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle stands ready to launch NASA’s Swift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen from a distance, NASA's Swift spacecraft lifts off from Complex 17A, Cape...