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ISS028-E-020911 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), both...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Project Morpheus prototype lander comes to rest after a successful landing, capping...
Adam Swanger, NASA engineer, is inside the Cryogenics Test Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on...
iss063e003542 (4/28/2020) --- The Quetzal-1 CubeSat is seen as it deploys from the JEM Small Satellite Orbital...
A test unit, or prototype, of NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) was delivered to the Space Station Processing...
Photographed in 1960. -- Skin Stress Test of the 12-foot satellite built as a prototype of the full-scale Echo...
ISS028-E-020805 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), both...
STS087-369-032 (3 Dec. 1997) --- Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, during the second extravehicular...
NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage...
A frame grab from a mounted video camera on the E-3 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center documents testing of the new...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Project Morpheus prototype lander soars 800 feet above the north end of the Shuttle...
A test unit, or prototype, of NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) was delivered to the Space Station Processing...
NEW YORK – Technicians attach the metal sling to the side of space shuttle Enterprise so it can be removed from the...
Inside the Spectrum prototype unit, organisms in a Petri plate are exposed to blue excitation lighting. The device...
ISS028-E-020782 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), both...
jsc2023e055886 (2/22/2023) --- Matthew Vellone operates the first prototype of the system to fly aboard the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Project Morpheus prototype lander soars 800 feet above the north end of the Shuttle...
JSC2004-E-03468 (March 2004) --- This closeup view, photographed during a series of evaluations, shows the hand of a...
ISS028-E-020924 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), both...
This artist’s concept is of the X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator, a subscale prototype Reusable Launch Vehicle...
NASA’s Project Morpheus prototype lander soars 800 feet above the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This prototype VEGGIE hardware was designed and built by Orbital Technologies Corp. of...
NEW YORK – Technicians attach the metal sling to the side of space shuttle Enterprise so it can be removed from the...
jsc2023e055885 (2/22/2023) --- Matthew Vellone operates the first prototype of the experimental system to fly aboard...