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The actuator on the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland, is positioned...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Its tail of smoke twisting in the sky, Space Shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on...
While on the crawler-transporter at Launch Pad 39B, Dave King, director of Shuttle Processing, points to tiles on...
This overhead view of the X-59 shows the aircraft’s current state of assembly at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in...
Larry Hudson and Tony Chen inspect test data during horizontal tail testing on a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems...
ISS016-E-006226 (25 Oct. 2007) --- Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured in this close-up image...
The horizontal tail is under test load on a F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River,...
The horizontal tail and load fixture is moved into position for testing the F/A-18E from the Naval Air Systems...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
This video of the Perseverance rover's gDRT (Gaseous Dust Removal Tool) in action was taken during a test in a...
S89-E-5456 (22-31 Jan 1998) --- This view of the cargo bay of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour was taken...
STS008-02-0041 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- An astronaut's eye view of two thirds of the cargo bay, the white and blue...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Rain on the ground around Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39B reflects the many...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Rain on the ground around Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39B reflects the many...
ISS013-E-63766 (2 Aug. 2006) --- Berkeley Pit and Butte, Montana are featured in this image photographed by an...
Today's VIS image is located in the plains between Chryse and Acidalia Planitias. Dark blue tones in this false...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39B after its approximately 5-hour rollout...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- This closeup shows Space Shuttle Discovery as it travels to Launch Pad 39B. Underneath...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure in the early morning hours, Space...
ER-2s bearing tail numbers 806 and 809 are used as airborne science platforms by NASA's Dryden Flight Research...
ER-2s bearing tail numbers 806 and 809 are used as airborne science platforms by NASA's Dryden Flight Research...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour waits on Launch Pad 39B for launch on mission STS-97. Behind...
Towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility, Atlantis heads for the Orbiter Processing Facility (far right). The large...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Atop the mobile launcher platform, Space Shuttle Atlantis, with its orange external...